The Deputy Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Lawyer Alexander Twum-Barimah, has announced that they have arrested an alleged kingpin linked to the attempted export of methamphetamine to Australia.
According to the Deputy Director-General of NACOC, they have made significant progress in investigations into the case involving approximately 320 kilograms of meth intercepted by Australian authorities.
He further disclosed that NACOC is still working to apprehend other suspects connected to the international drug trafficking operation.
Speaking in an interview with Adom News, Lawyer Alexander Twum-Barimah stated, “With regard to the recent case in which Australian authorities intercepted about 320 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in a shipment from Ghana, we have successfully arrested the lead person and are looking forward to arresting the remaining persons involved”.
“After independent verification by the Ghana Standards Authority and authorisation from the court, we destroyed 9.6 tonnes of cannabis, 46.89 kilograms of cocaine, 2,734 bottles of cannabis-laced drinks, and 130 boxes of hemp-related products,” Lawyer Twum-Barimah said.
Director General of the Narcotics Control Commission, Brigadier General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, further touched on the five students of Central University arrested.
“The five students arrested at Central University for engaging in the production and sale of cannabis-infused ice cream, sobolo, toffees and eggs have been processed and arraigned before court,” he noted.
Meanwhile, Emaa Hussen, a 34-year-old British actress, has been arrested and charged in Sydney, Australia, after she was fingered in the alleged involvement in US$208 million of meth traced to Ghana.
According to reports, Hussen worked in the British entertainment industry.
Emaa Hussen is well known for playing Naz Mehmet in E20, a spin-off of the popular British television series EastEnders.
The actress also appeared in the 2013 action film Redemption, also released under the title Hummingbird, and the 2012 television production The Plot to Bring Down Britain’s Planes.
Emaa Hussen has been charged with attempting to import a commercial quantity of methamphetamine into Australia by the authorities.
Investigators allege that the shipment was later taken to a storage facility in Girraween, western Sydney, where she helped in unpacking the concealed drugs.
Australian Police further disclosed that she transported the drugs to a residence in Blacktown, where she was arrested.
She has since been denied bail and remains in custody and charged alongside a South Australian couple who are also accused of helping coordinate the alleged operation.
In related news, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, has called on the Mahama government to account to the public after a large shipment of methamphetamine (meth) linked to Ghana was busted in Australia.
According to Rev John Ntim Fordjour, when he kept cautioning about Ghana becoming a transit point for drug trafficking, the NDC unleashed all their attack on him.
He further highlighted that now Ghana is facing an international embarrassment.
The MP further demanded answers on the 320 kg meth seizure linked to Ghana from government spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu, NACOC, and BNI, arguing that Ghanaians are owned explanation.
In a post on X, Rev John Ntim Fordjour wrote, “Another major $296 million drug bust originating from our country? When I kept cautioning about Ghana becoming a transit point for drug trafficking, NDC and Jubilee House released all their attack machineries on me.
Now see the international embarrassment. @FelixKwakyeOfo1, NACOC and BNI owe this country an explanation. They shouldn’t escape accountability!”.
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