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The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has destroyed Five Hundred Kilograms (500kg) of Marijuana at the Bundase Military base in the Greater Accra region on Friday 27 July 2018. The exercise was carried out upon the orders of the Accra Criminal High Court 3 Judge Justice Justin K. Dorgu. The exercise also witnessed the burning of 100kg of Khat, a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula which is chewed and contains alkaloid cathinone and a stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite, and euphoria. It is mostly posted through the courier services from East Africa mainly Ethiopia and repackaged to Europe and North America. The destruction exercise was done in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, the Military, Ghana Standard Authority (GSA), Judicial Service, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the media. Background NACOB in December 2017 impounded a truck full of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis at Buokono, near Asesewa in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region. This was upon a tip-off that a boat from Dzemeni in the Volta Region was loaded with cannabis and had offloaded its content onto a truck at a village near Asesewa with its final destination being Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region. NACOB in collaboration with the District Police Command at Asesewa intercepted the said truck with registration number ER 105-13 and arrested the driver, one Stephen Narteh Sangmortey, whiles...

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two Nigerian Nationals for attempting to traffic narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra. The suspects Theophilus Biney, alias Godwin Orji, a. k. a ‘Goody’, 37 years and Jeff Nnaana-K, 36 years, all residents in Ghana were picked up by officials of NACOB at different locations for their involvement in an attempt to traffic Methamphetamine a narcotic drug to the Philippines. Methamphetamine is a whitish crystalize synthetic stimulant which is mainly used as recreational drug and highly addictive and increases alertness, endurance and feelings of well-being of abusers. Its addictive nature causes the body temperature of the abuser to rise so high that he/she could pass out. It also causes severe itching. Methamphetamine has the high tendency of causing emotional and thinking anxieties. Theophilus Biney also known as Godwin Orji was apprehended after attempting to post the parcels of stock fish, locally known as ‘Kako’, which contained the narcotic drug. The total weight of the narcotic drug is 21.7kgs. Theophilus upon his arrest admitted ownership of the package when interrogated and revealed that the parcels were given to him by Jeff Nnaana-K to be sent to one Victor, resident in the Philippines. Nnaana-K upon his arrest narrated that the consignment were not his, but were given to him by one Offor based in Nigeria to be given to Theophilus, the sender...