{
  "id": 8073101,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T18:04:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/mahama-directs-inter-agency-task-force-to-submit-roadmap-to-deal-with-drug-trafficking-in-two-weeks/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President John Mahama has established an inter-agency task force to create a comprehensive roadmap aimed at curbing drug trafficking through Ghana's borders. The task force, tasked with developing the roadmap, will present its findings to the President within two weeks, as per the President's directive. This initiative stems from an urgent meeting chaired by Mahama, which gathered security chiefs and Ministers at the Jubilee House. French customs seized nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine, valued at approximately €225 million, at the Dunkirk port on September 10. The cocaine, concealed within a plastic waste container, was reportedly en route to Antwerp, Belgium. French authorities have launched an investigation into the consignment and the suspected criminal network. Ghanaian authorities are concurrently probing the shipment's departure from the country. Four suspects, including four officers from the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), have been detained during ongoing investigations.",
  "summary": "President John Dramani Mahama has directed the formation of an inter-agency task force to develop a detailed roadmap to prevent the trafficking of drugs through Ghana’s borders.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-17T17:34:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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": "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"
      }
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  "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."
}