{"id":310447,"date":"2017-04-13T12:37:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=310447"},"modified":"2017-04-13T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T12:37:50","slug":"3-arrested-at-kotoka-airport-with-cocaine-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/3-arrested-at-kotoka-airport-with-cocaine-heroin\/","title":{"rendered":"3 arrested at Kotoka Airport with cocaine, heroin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), have arrested three persons at the Kotoka International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from NACOB said the 3; Magugu Suraku, a Ghanaian; Maxwell Momo Golafale, a Liberian, and Daniel Njoku Egbuta, a Nigerian, were arrested on different occasions between March and April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Madugu Suraka, was arrested on Wednesday, 29<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2017, while going through arrival formalities at the Airport on his return from Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, following his arrest, confessed to swallowing 35 pellets of speedball; a combination of cocaine and heroin.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say Maxwell Momo Golafe, who was arrested on Friday, 31<sup>st<\/sup> March, 2017, was on his way to China with 2 slabs of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa,\u00a0popularly known as wee, concealed in his luggage.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian, Daniel Njoku Egbuta, was arrested last Wednesday on his arrival from Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>A urine test conducted confirmed that, he had ingested 111 pellets of cocaine. Egbuta subsequently confessed to being an ex-convict who had served some jail time in Ecuador for a similar drug offence.<\/p>\n<p>The NACOB statement said that, all three suspects have been arraigned for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>NACOB said it will \u201cnot spare any person or persons found culpable to illicit drug offences as stipulated in the PNDC law 236.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It further assured the public that, it was committed to fighting illicit drug trade in the country, and called on the public to assist it deliver on its mandate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), have arrested three persons at the Kotoka International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin. 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