The police in the Volta Region last Tuesday (May 13) intercepted a petrol tanker travelling from Madina in Accra to Jasikan, which was loaded with cocoa beans and not fuel. It was believed the cocoa beans were meant for smuggling into neighbouring Togo. The vehicle with registration number, GN 3801-13, has been impounded, while the […]
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Immigration intercepts 1115 gallons of cocoa beans
Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service stationed at the Akanu Sector Command with the support of some officers of the Ghana Revenue Authority-Customs Division have intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled cocoa beans. The Officers acted on intelligence and waylaid the truck with registration number AS 2103 -W driven by one Ibrahim Fatawu. There were […]
Four Ghanaians guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of gari
Four men have been found guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of Gari powder from Ghana to south Essex. The drugs haul was discovered by border force officers inside a shipping container at Tilbury Docks following a National Crime Agency sting. Daniel Yeboah, 54, Kristoffen Baidoo, 48, Kwaku Bonsu, 52, […]