CDM demands accountability from security chiefs over Ghana’s cocaine trafficking crisis

The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has demanded accountability from Ghana's security and port authorities following a series of major narcotics seizures, including the recent discovery of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine at France's Port of Dunkirk. French authorities revealed that the cocaine was concealed in plastic waste within a container originating from Ghana.

The CDM questioned why security agencies failed to inform President John Dramani Mahama about the weaknesses in the port inspection system prior to the latest seizure. Specifically, the organization raised concerns about the 2018 reform that excluded NACOC, the National Agency for the Customs of Ghana, from conducting routine physical container inspections, although NACOC was still present at the ports but prohibited from physically inspecting containers.

The CDM is now calling for officials from key security, customs, maritime, and port agencies to account for their roles and for a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry to determine responsibility based on evidence, not party affiliation. They urged Parliament to examine the record from the 2018 decision through the narcotics seizures recorded in 2025 and 2026.