Drug traffickers acquiring own scanners to evade detection at airports – NACOC boss
The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has raised concerns about security lapses at Ghana’s airports, revealing that suspected drug traffickers are adopting sophisticated methods to evade screening procedures, including acquiring their own scanners.
Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, the Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), expressed concern over security lapses at Ghana's airports. In a recent testimony before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Mantey revealed that suspected drug traffickers are using advanced methods to bypass detection, such as acquiring their own scanners.
He also highlighted instances of security personnel exploiting their positions, which could provide traffickers with opportunities to evade detection. Mantey pointed out a specific incident involving a supervisory security officer who entered an airport with a bag, bypassed a screening point despite the required security checks for personnel, and then changed in a washroom.
The officer then allegedly proceeded towards a flight using a bag that had previously been used by a traveler. Mantey's comments come after his minister's remarks about a security guard who bypassed screening without proper checks, emphasizing that such actions are unacceptable.
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