The Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Blay Nyameke Armah has denied allegations levelled against him connecting him to a $350m worth of cocaine seized by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
According to the member of parliament, if he had that amount of money being mentioned he would have bought an island somewhere in the Caribbeans.
Blay Nyameke Armah further stated he has never seen cocaine before in his entire life and does not even know the colour whether it is white or green.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has made a damning allegation about a member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
In an interview on Channel 1 TV, the MP alleged that the $ 350 million cocoa bust by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) belongs to an individual who sought to be a parliamentarian on the ticket on the NDC.
Speaking during an interview on Channel One, Rev Fordjour stated, “It was an NDC parliamentary candidate who owns that $150 million portion of the cocaine. So, when we bring these exposés, it is expected that the NDC will feel frustrated and come at me personally. But I am not perturbed.”
Blay Nyameke Armah speaking in an interview on Oyerepa TV stated, “For me, Lawyer Blay Armah, all the allegations being peddled against me, I have no hand in them. The next thing is that they will hear from my lawyers”.
“It’s on Twitter and all over social media. But as I’m saying, in my entire life, I have never seen cocaine before. Whether it is white, or green I have not seen some with my eyes before. And the amount of money they’re mentioning, if I had that kind of money, would I still be here? I would have bought an island somewhere in the Caribbean”, he added.
The NIB officers who received a tip-off quickly intercepted the tipper truck carrying the drugs at Pedu Junction in Cape Coast and discovered 143 sacks of cocaine hidden beneath the sand.
The truck, travelling from Takoradi to Weija, was occupied by two suspects who were immediately apprehended.
Field tests by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) confirmed the substance as raw cocaine, with the initial seizure weighing 2,974 kilograms.
Further investigations on March 8 led officers to a suspect’s residence, where they uncovered 13 more sacks and an additional bag of suspected cocaine, totalling 345.07 kilograms.
Laboratory tests conducted by NACOC and the Ghana Standards Authority confirmed the consignment’s total weight of 3,319.68 kilograms, with purity levels between 50% and 70%.
The cocaine, valued at over $350 million on the street, is believed to have entered Ghana by sea through fishing vessels.
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