Operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have busted a member of a money laundering syndicate in the country. The suspect, Darwich Hussein, 38, a Lebanese, who was travelling to Beirut, Lebanon, was arrested with $1.4 million and 256,000 euros in his carry-on bag at the KIA in Accra […]
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Ofosu Ampofo picked by Police and Immigration officials at KIA?
Unconfirmed reports reaching BestNewsGH.com indicates that officials the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Police Service stationed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have picked up the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. The reports indicate that Mr. Ampofo was about boarding a flight to Monrovia, Liberia when he […]
Begging by customs, immigration and Airport officials at KIA: GCAA condemns acts, set up taskforce to investigate
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), following an earlier publication by BestNewsGH.com about officials of Customs and Immigration turning themselves into nuisance by begging for money from passengers and other users of the Kotoka International Airport, has set up a taskforce to investigate the matter. The Authority in a press release in reaction to the […]
Customs and Immigration officials at KIA come under attack for begging from passengers
Uniformed officers stationed at the Kotoka International Airport, particularly Customs and Immigration officials have come under public attack for usually begging for money from passengers and patrons of the airport. The practice seems to have gotten so entrenched that the officers beg openly without any shame, mostly leaving some passengers and patrons angry and surprised. […]