Tag Archives: Narcotics

Ghana’s Parliament has successfully amended the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2023, granting permission for the cultivation of cannabis for industrial purposes. This amendment follows a ruling by the Supreme Court in July 2022, which invalidated Section 43 of the bill due to the lack of parliamentary debate prior to its …

The Deputy Accra Regional Commander of the Narcotics Control Commission, Reas Hakim Oduro has made shocking revelations about how some youth in Ghana are getting addicted to hard drugs. He found it worrying that some youth have become dependent on hard drugs which, to them, give them an inexplicable euphoric …

Koforidua District Police command in Eastern Region has impounded a Toyota Camry and retrieved eighty-eight (88) compressed and parceled substance believed to be Marijuana. Two suspects Solomon Agomadzi ,27, and Bernard Favor ,28, who were aboard the vehicle have been arrested. Sources indicate that on February 18,2022 at about 1:00am …

The Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has picked up 17 persons suspected to be dealing in narcotics in separate operations conducted across the region. Thirteen (13) of the suspects were on February 3, 2022 round-up in an hour operation at Juapong upon intelligence. Quantities of dried leaves …

A team of Special Weapon And Tactics (SWAT) officers from the National Headquarters Operations upon a tip-off has arrested one Samuel Asante at the Christiansburg Castle junction area for trading in substances suspected to be narcotics. The suspect, 38, was arrested and upon a thorough search, Police retrieved some suspicious …

The Narcotics Control Commission has secured a court injunction to stop the airing of TV3’s “Ganja Gold” documentary which was scheduled to air Tuesday, July 20. The commission fears the airing of the documentary could lead to anarchy in the country if not restrained by the court. Titled “Ganja Gold, …

The Narcotics Control Commission yesterday destroyed $3 million worth of cocaine which was seized in a joint operation at the Terminal Three facility at the Tema Port on September 2, this year. It followed a destruction order the Accra High Court granted the commission last Wednesday to undertake the exercise, …