The Sector Commander of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi, has dismissed claims that 500 kilogrammes of cocaine worth about $30 million dollars has disappeared from the Port.<\/p>\n
According to him, thorough investigations conducted by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), the Ministry of Interior and other sector institutions, revealed that no container with cocaine had been detained at the Port.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”FdavEyM0ribiUzfZALknvLEDs1XKtKAP”]This is contrary to The Finder newspaper\u2019s report suggesting that 10 bags of cocaine, hidden in a consignment of rice with an estimated street value of about $30million, has vanished from the Tema Port under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n
The said container was detained on December 2016, but speaking to Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Franklin Badu Jnr, Mr Nyadzi insisted that, the report cannot be true.<\/p>\n \u201cI can tell you that there is no truth in that reportage. I know that this matter has been dealt with at the office of the Minister of Interior and at that meeting was the commissioner of customs, the ex-commissioner, Mr. John Vianney, myself, NACOB and the relevant stakeholders. We looked at all the issues involved, as to whether there was a cocaine missing or not, I don\u2019t think anybody can tell you that. And I\u2019m telling you that the report is misleading. There was no cocaine in Tema Port in anybody\u2019s custody which got missing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have done investigation, BNI has done investigation, NACOB is doing investigation. It is expected that we will know what exactly the story is; whether there is cocaine at all or not. On authority, I can tell you that I\u2019m not aware of any cocaine shipment. I\u2019m the head of Customs at Tema Port and I\u2019m not aware of cocaine shipment. I am telling you categorically that I am not aware of any missing cocaine at Tema Port. If somebody says so perhaps he has some facts I don\u2019t have,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Finder report on ‘missing’ cocaine<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the Finder newspaper, a ship carrying some containers with cocaine onboard arrived in Tema Pot in December 2016, but the suspected cocaine vanished before February 23, 2017, when all stakeholders conducted compulsory tests on the container.<\/p>\n The report stated that, K9 Dogs which are specially trained to detect cocaine, confirmed traces of cocaine in the said container, while UK\u2019s Operation West Bridge also conducted sampling by the use of itemisers which also confirmed traces of cocaine.<\/p>\n The newspaper also said separate investigations it conducted on the suspected missing cocaine by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and Customs, have been submitted to the Interior Minister and the Attorney General\u2019s offices.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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