{
  "id": 8094402,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T20:11:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/mahama-chairs-security-meeting-over-drug-trafficking-orders-formation-of-inter-agency-task-force/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President John Dramani Mahama today chaired a meeting of security chiefs and received a detailed briefing on investigations into the recent trafficking of drugs out of Ghana’s ports. The President was informed that ten individuals, including four officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), are being held while investigations continue. The … The post Mahama chairs…",
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      {
        "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": "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"
      }
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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."
}