First Deputy Minority Whip and Tolon MP Habib Iddrisu has filed a private members’ motion seeking a parliamentary inquiry into major narcotics seizures linked to Ghana.
The motion, dated September 28, 2026, was submitted to the Clerk to Parliament under Standing Order 102 and is co-sponsored by eight other New Patriotic Party MPs.
The proposed inquiry comes ahead of Parliament’s extraordinary sitting scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, following a petition led by Habib Iddrisu over recent narcotics seizures.
The sponsors are seeking the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee under Article 103 of the 1992 Constitution and Order 262 of Parliament’s Standing Orders to conduct a transparent and bipartisan investigation.
Among the cases to be examined is the seizure of nearly 3.9 metric tonnes of cocaine by French Customs at Dunkirk on September 10.
The motion values the consignment at about US$261 million, while French authorities have separately estimated its value at €225 million.
The inquiry would also cover a 320kg methamphetamine seizure in Australia in June 2026 and major cocaine interceptions in Ghana in 2025.
The proposed committee would investigate how the consignments were processed, inspected, cleared and exported from Ghana, including the ports of departure and security procedures used.
It would also examine the roles of companies and state agencies involved, as well as the adequacy of scanning, surveillance, intelligence and other security systems at Ghana’s ports, airports and entry and exit points.
The committee is further expected to assess investigations, arrests and prosecutions linked to the seizures and the level of intelligence sharing between Ghanaian authorities and their international counterparts.
The motion proposes recommendations on legislative, administrative, security and institutional reforms to prevent Ghana from being used in international narcotics trafficking operations.
