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 $350million cocoa bust by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) belongs to an individual who sought to be a parliamentarian on the ticket on the NDC.
“The $350million drug bust by the government, it was an NDC parliamentary candidate who own s that cocaine,” he stated.
According to him, the NDC is uncomfortable he is making such revelations against them and out of frustration have decided to come at his person. “I am not perturbed about that,” he stated.
The NIB on March 4, 2025, seized approximately 3.3 tonnes of cocaine headed to Accra from the Western Region.
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 sand.
The truck, traveling 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, totaling 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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