The Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG) has said incidents of oil palm products-smuggling into the country is intensifying despite several complaints made to designated authorities. President-OPDAG, Samuel Avaala, told B&FT that smugglers have been using unapproved routes while others take advantage of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme to …
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Four members of a gang, including three Saudis and one Nigerian national have been arrested in Saudi Arabia over alleged involvement in the smuggling and sale of cocaine. According to a report by Saudi Gazette on Monday, May 8, 2023, about 2.2 kilograms of cocaine were seized from the suspects. …
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An investigation by Mariana van Zeller for the National Geographic Channel has exposed a car smuggling syndicate traced to Ghana. The investigation published in a video a week ago started in the United States of America where the investigative journalist followed the activities of a gang who are into stealing …
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Award-winning Gospel musician and songwriter, Ernest Opoku has recounted his encounter with German Immigration Officers and how God saved him from getting into trouble for alleged smuggling. According to the ace musician, while traveling from Ghana to Germany, he was detained at their airport for possessing something he had no …
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has acknowledged that Ghana’s relatively low cocoa pricing is one of the contributing factors to the increase in cocoa smuggling into neighbouring countries. This situation has led to significant financial losses to the country and the destitution of cocoa farmers. “It is serious. At the …
Read More »Indonesian authorities on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, said they have arrested four foreigners including three Nigerians for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the country. The Nigerian nationals were arrested separately between January and March at Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta and several apartments in the capital, police spokesperson Trunoyudo …
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Some nine Ghanaians along with their Nigerian counterparts have been prosecuted and jailed for their involvement in the smuggling of 10,843kg worth of cannabis into Nigeria through the sea. According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Nigeria, they are to serve a combined jail term of 72 years. …
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Three persons are in the grip of the police for their alleged involvement in the re-bagging and illicit smuggling of government-subsidized fertilisers. They were picked up during a joint Customs, COCOBOD and Police swoop at a warehouse used for the operation at Amanfrom in the Greater Accra Region. Some of …
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A male adult whose identity is being withheld is in the custody of the Ashanti Regional Police, in connection with suspected smuggled quantities of fertilizer meant for farmers. This was revealed to GBC News in Kumasi by a source at the office. The source noted that about 500 bags of …
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A Police Sergeant identified Lotsu Agbeko aged 36 working with the Form Police Unit (FPU) at Tesano has been involved in an accident. According to a Police situational report sighted by MyNewsGh.com, Sergeant Lotsu Agbeko was driving a Blue Black Toyota Corolla with registration number GC 1069 – 09 driving …
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