Rev John Ntim Fordjour, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, has expressed concern over a series of major international drug seizures linked to Ghana.
According to Ntim Fordjour, the international drug seizures linked to Ghana are becoming one too many.
Ntim Fordjour warned that Ghana’s reputation is being damaged with continuous international drug seizures linked to Ghana.
He argued that the latest seizure was part of a worrying pattern of large-scale drug consignments linked to Ghana.
The MP further warned that repeated seizures were damaging the country’s international reputation and reinforcing perceptions of Ghana as “a cocaine coast” and a territory tolerant of drug trafficking.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One News on Friday, September 11. Rev. Ntim Fordjour stated, “It is becoming one too many. Our image is sinking,”
He questioned why major drug seizures linked to Ghana had not been followed by high-profile arrests and prosecutions of those responsible, referring to previous drug seizures, including a large methamphetamine shipment intercepted by Australian authorities in April 2025.
“The least of our worries are the small quantities that NACOC puts out there,” he said.
His comment follows French customs officials having intercepted nearly 3.9 metric tonnes of cocaine, worth about $261 million, in a shipment from Ghana.
According to Reuters news, the shipment was confiscated at the northern French port of Dunkirk on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
The cocaine was concealed in 167 packages inside a container carrying plastic waste from Ghana and destined for Antwerp, Belgium.
The 3.9 metric tonnes of cocaine is allegedly linked to the criminal organisation of fugitive Dutch drug trafficker Jos Leijdekkers.
Reports suggest the drugs have since been destroyed, with French prosecutors opening an investigation into the seizure.
According to French authorities, the seizure followed a targeted operation by the judicial police against a criminal network suspected of being behind the shipment, with the investigation focused on offences including the organised importation of narcotics and participation in a criminal association.
The seizure is expected to form part of the broader investigation into the movement of the cocaine from Ghana to France and the criminal network alleged to have organised the shipment.
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