The Deputy Director General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Alexander Twum-Barimah, has clarified media reports which suggested they have arrested a manager of a food manufacturing company in a cocaine bust.
Alexander Twum-Barimah clarified that NACOC has not arrested any senior manager of a manufacturing company.
According to the Deputy NACOC Director General, the individuals arrested are not employees or members of management of any of the brands whose products were used to conceal the drugs.
According to him, the companies themselves are not responsible for the acts of these individuals, adding that because of that, NACOC has decided not to publicly name any brands.
Speaking in an interview on TV3’s Ghana Tonight on February 11, 2026, Twum-Barimah explained, “The persons arrested are not managers or staff of any popular food manufacturing company. From where our investigations have reached, they are not linked to these companies in any way”.
The Deputy Director General of NACOC detailed that they encountered about four different food products used in similar attempts at different times, explaining that the first incident involved about 250kg of cocaine, which was intercepted in the Netherlands after being shipped from Ghana and concealed among branded food products.
“The second incident occurred in 2025 at the cargo section of Kotoka International Airport, where cocaine was again mixed with food products. When we intercepted it, no individual was present, so we seized the items and began investigations. That particular batch contained about 3kg of cocaine, which we sent to the Ghana Standards Authority for testing. It was confirmed to be cocaine.”
Alexander Twum-Barimah further detailed, “So we decided to investigate deeper. Through CCTV footage and further work, we were able to arrest a suspect when he attempted to repeat the act for the third time, this time using yet another product.
That batch contained 1.05kg of cocaine. We also arrested a female suspect and discovered that they had machines they were using for these activities.”
“No. Three different brands were involved. The fourth case was not really tied to any brand. In the 250kg case in the Netherlands, a particular company’s food product was used to conceal the cocaine in the container.
The arrangement had the food products at the outer layers and the cocaine hidden within. The same pattern was used in the Kotoka case, where food products from various companies were used as part of the concealment.”
This follows news shared by Saddick Adams, who claimed that NACOC was arrested for allegedly attempting to traffic cocaine out of Ghana.
Saddick Adams, in his post, stated, “A manager of a ‘hugely popular Ghanaian packaged food brand’ has been remanded in custody for allegedly attempting to traffic cocaine out of Ghana.
Narcotic Control Deputy Director told Angel TV that the manager of the unnamed product brand, which is widely consumed in Ghana, concealed substances believed to be cocaine in the products and was arrested at the airport”.
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