Rev John Ntim Fordjour, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, has raised alarm over the series of drug seizures linked to Ghana.
According to Ntim Fordjour, Ghana has been linked to eight major transnational drug seizures recorded between April 2025 and September 2026.
The Assin South MP expressed concern over the continued interception of narcotics consignments allegedly connected to Ghanaian ports and airports.
He further highlighted what he described as a worrying trend in the country’s involvement in international drug trafficking cases.
Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, September 26, 2026, Rev Ntim Fordjour detailed, “April 23, 2025. We saw at Accra International Airport 89.74 kg, 73 slabs of cocaine that was intercepted in the Netherlands from the airport”.
“Then, on May 18, 2025, also linked to Kotoka International Airport in the UK and another one in Dubai, 17.72 kg of cannabis,” Rev Fordjour stated.
“…and then in the case of Dubai, 53.6 kg of cannabis that’s in June 2025…” he established.
The MP further cited another cocaine interception in Amsterdam in June 2025, which he linked to Tema Port.
“…in Amsterdam linked to Tema Port, 4.5 tonnes of cocaine was intercepted,” he indicated.
“Then on 2nd December 2025 in Antwerp, linked to Tema Port, 2,829 tonnes of cocaine was intercepted,” he recounted
“Following up on December 4, 2025, 1.158 tonnes of suspected cocaine was intercepted at the port of Antwerp,” he said.
“On June 18, 2026 this year, in the Netherlands, the Australian… and in Australia, the Australian Border Force intercepted 320 kg of methamphetamine valued at 280 million Australian dollars,” he recalled.
As recent as 10th September, 3.9 tonnes of cocaine… and it is the biggest, the biggest bust linked to Ghana in recent years.”
The MP added, “The biggest was alarming: 3.9 tonnes of cocaine busted at Dunkirk, linked to Tema Port.”
According to Ntim Fordjour, the interceptions continued even after President John Dramani Mahama had met security officials at the Jubilee House.
He added, “Even when the president had met all the [security officials] in Jubilee House around the table, some deterrence was expected to have been instilled”.
The Assin South MP disclosed that two or three days after that meeting, another illicit drug shipment was intercepted in South Africa, while another was intercepted in Belgium, both linked to Ghana.
The MP warned against turning the issue into a political competition between administrations.
“Within 18 months it is 12.7 tonnes,” he added.
Meanwhile, Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has criticised what he describes as the continued politicisation of Ghana’s drug problem, describing the trend as “nauseating.”
According to Manasseh Azure, people who have followed Ghana’s politics under the Fourth Republic will remember how the issue of illicit drugs has repeatedly featured in political discourse.
Manasseh Azure recalled how the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was previously labelled a “cocaine party,” arguing that the politicisation of the drug problem may not end anytime soon.
He also criticised the Majority in Parliament over attempts to link recent cocaine seizures to a policy introduced under the previous NPP administration.
The Investigative journalist argued that the current Mahama administration has been in office for nearly two years and should therefore take responsibility for identifying and addressing weaknesses in the country’s security and narcotics control systems.
Manasseh maintained that attempts to shift responsibility for the recent seizures to the previous NPP government “will not wash,” insisting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration is now in charge and must be accountable for the country’s current security and drug-control challenges.
In a Facebook post, Manasseh Azure Awuni wrote, “You have been in office for nearly two years. Granted that there was a flawed policy at the port that affected vigilance over drugs, as you claim, the officials you appointed over a year ago should have assessed and realised the gaps.
Don’t create the impression that your security advisors and narcotics officials are dumb, that they could not diagnose the gaps until foreigners started busting drug shipments from Ghana.
Blaming the NPP for the drug menace is unacceptably lame. You were elected to fix the problems you said the NPP was incapable of fixing.
You told us that you had better ideas and solutions for our nation’s challenges. You told us to reject the NPP so that your superior ideas and solutions could be implemented.
After nearly two years in office, you are responsible for fixing the shipment drug problem. You can’t take credit for the positive developments and blame the NPP for the lapses under your watch.
It doesn’t make sense to continue to blame the NPP when you’re in charge of the entire national security architecture of the nation.
The politicisation of the drugs problem is nauseating, but those of us who have followed the politics of the Fourth Republic remember those who championed it in the past. We remember how the NPP was called a cocaine party. So, the politics may not end today.
As for the real issues, President Mahama and the NDC administration are responsible for solving the problem we have now.
Do not shift blame to the opposition. It will not wash. They are not in charge. You are”.
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