Gov’t must answer how 80 bags of cocaine passed through Ghana’s ports – Miracles Aboagye
he Director of Communications aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has challenged the government to explain how large quantities of cocaine were able to pass through Ghana’s ports without detection. He said the issue should be treated as a national security concern rather than reduced to a political blame game. Speaking […]
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the Director of Communications aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on the government to clarify the circumstances surrounding large quantities of cocaine that have managed to bypass Ghana's ports undetected. Addressing the issue as a national security matter rather than a political blame game, Mr. Aboagye highlighted the significant number of drug seizures linked to Ghana over the past 18 months, questioning the efficacy of security checks at the country's ports and airports.
"We are talking about twelve major drug busts in 18 months under this government. The question that remains unanswered is how did anybody move such a quantity of cocaine, which is almost like about 80 bags of cement in a container, through our port without anybody seeing, sighting, or noticing this?" he inquired. His remarks came in response to reports of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine seized at the Port of Dunkirk in France in September 2026, concealed in a container carrying plastic waste from Ghana.
The Narcotics Control Commission subsequently arrested three individuals in connection with the consignment. The situation mirrors a previous seizure of 866 parcels suspected to be cocaine at a warehouse within the Tema Harbour enclave on August 5, 2026, valued at $6.9 million, allegedly hidden in sacks of gari. Mr. Aboagye emphasized that many of the major drug busts were intercepted outside Ghana after passing through the country's ports.
"Most of these busts, those with major, the huge sums, were arrested outside the country after the cocaine had gone through the ports," he stated. He urged the government to provide answers instead of attributing similar incidents to previous administrations. "If you don't have an answer to that question and your response is that a certain government that has gone and has left, has been voted out, also did same, so what should we do with that information?" he questioned.
Aboagye warned that Ghana's reputation and the treatment of Ghanaian travelers could be negatively impacted if the country is increasingly linked to international drug trafficking. "If we don't deal with this matter… you will get to Heathrow Airport, you will get to an airport in Paris, and you will spend three, four hours simply because you have a Ghanaian passport," he cautioned.
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