Six persons denied bail in 3.9-tonne alleged cocaine case

Six individuals were denied bail in a case involving the seizure of 3.9 tonnes of alleged cocaine at Tema Port, according to the Kwabenya Circuit Court. The court considered the gravity of the alleged offenses and the charges brought against the accused. However, the police have been instructed to transport two of the accused, Francis Narh Amanor and Helena Akua Denkyi, to medical facilities if they require medical care due to their respective medical conditions.

Amanor, a freight forwarder, and Adu-Boahen, a 71-year-old self-styled evangelist, are charged with conspiracy to commit crime and exportation of narcotic drugs. They are accused of conspiring to export the 3.9 tonnes of narcotics in four containers from Tema Port to the Netherlands without proper licensing. The remaining four defendants have been charged with abetting the crime, as they allegedly failed to properly analyze the scan images of the containers, enabling the attempted exportation of the illicit substances.

All six accused have denied the charges and remain in lawful custody, with a reappearing date set for October 20, 2026. Another group of four accused individuals has been remanded by an Accra High Court and are scheduled to reappear on October 3, 2026. The total of 10 individuals were brought before the courts following the interception of the alleged narcotics at Tema Port on August 12, 2026.

This is not Ghana's first cocaine bust; it must be addressed without political interference, according to the National Association of Cocaine Officers (NACOC).