The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has raised fresh concerns over alleged drug trafficking activities in Ghana, with its National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye, accusing officials at the country’s ports and airports of facilitating the movement of narcotics.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, September 22, Mr Boakye alleged that Ghana had become a major transit point for illicit drugs under the administration of President John Mahama.
“Our information is that our country has become a major transit point for illicit drugs, for narcotics. And it’s not by accident, but because of the complicity of officials at our port and our airports,” he said.
He further alleged that drug traffickers had established bases and clandestine laboratories in Ghana to process narcotics before they were transported to other countries.
“The intelligence we have picked is that these drug lords, these traffickers, they have established bases, laboratories here for processing of illicit drugs and narcotics under the watch of President Mahama,” he alleged.
According to Mr Boakye, the alleged activities involve the processing and movement of narcotics through Ghana, with some government officials allegedly assisting the traffickers.
He linked the claims to recent drug seizures involving consignments traced to Ghana in countries including Australia, France and South Africa.
“That is the reason why volumes of drugs traced to Ghana keep surfacing in the holds of ships and the luggage of passengers in Sydney, Dunkirk, and Johannesburg,” he said.
Mr Boakye maintained that the alleged drug processing operations were taking place within Ghana and accused the government of failing to prevent them.
“It is happening here in our home, under the government’s watch,” he added.
The allegations come amid growing scrutiny of Ghana’s ports and international supply chains following major narcotics seizures linked to consignments originating from or passing through the country.
