{
  "id": 8071656,
  "title": "President Mahama orders two-week deadline for drug trafficking action plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/president-mahama-orders-two-week-deadline-for-drug-trafficking-action",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:34:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/news/mahama-orders-inter-agency-task-force-over-port-drug-trafficking/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President John Dramani Mahama has met with Ghana’s security chiefs for an update on investigations into recent drug trafficking through the country’s ports. The briefing revealed that 10 people are currently in custody, including four officers from the Ghana Revenue Authority’s Customs Division. Investigations are continuing into how the drugs were moved through Ghana’s port […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "€225m drug trafficking: Four Customs officers among 10 held as Mahama orders probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/225m-drug-trafficking-four-customs-officers-among-10-held-as-mahama",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:03:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Mahama directs inter-agency task force to submit roadmap to deal with drug trafficking in two weeks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/mahama-directs-inter-agency-task-force-to-submit-roadmap-to-deal-with",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:04:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Mahama chairs security meeting over drug trafficking, orders formation of inter-agency task force",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/mahama-chairs-security-meeting-over-drug-trafficking-orders-formation",
        "published": "2026-09-17T20:11:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}