Since last year, the nation has been witnessing some horrendous criminal activities. The torturous murder of military peacekeeper, Major Maxwell Mahama comes to mind but the situation has not abated in this new year. Since January alone, close 90 robbery cases have been recorded in different parts of the country, some resulting in instant killing, … Read more
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested a Tanzanian woman, Basaida Zena Jafary, with a 2.3kg of speedball, a mixture of cocaine and heroin with street value of $ 70,000.00. A statement released by NACOB on Thursday indicated that Zena Jafary, a food vendor in Tanzania, arrived in Ghana recently at the Kotoka International Airport … Read more
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has impounded a Kia truck full of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis at Buokono, near Asesewa in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region. NACOB in the latter part of 2017 had a tip-off on a boat from Dzemeni in the Volta Region, which was loaded with … Read more
Ghana ranks 3rd in marijuana -Ghana holds the crown in Africa as the third country with the highest marijuana consumers in the whole world. The latest United Nations (UN) reports on the use of the illegal drugs in the world ranked Ghana third in the world as the country with the highest weed use. This was … Read more
An Accra High Court has ordered the confiscation and sale of convicted drug trafficker, Nayele Ametefe’s mansion at East Legon worth $1.6 million and the revenue distributed to state institutions. At the court today it came up that the Nayele, who’s serving an eight (8) year jail sentence in the United Kingdom after pleading guilty … Read more
The Financial and Tax Court presided over by Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa has ordered the confiscation of the East Legon residence of convicted drug dealer Nayele Ametefe. The building is one of two properties identified by the state as the proceeds of crime. The other building is located in Kumasi. Delivering a short Judgment, Justice … Read more
Financial and Tax division of the High Court has ordered the confiscation of property belonging to convicted drug trafficker, Nayele Ametefe. The properties, comprising houses located in East Legon and Kumasi, came up for litigation when Nayele’s mother contended that she owned them. Delivering her Judgment, the Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa said the evidence provided left … Read more
Ghana has been ranked the third cocaine transit destination in Africa behind Nigeria and South Africa respectively. According to the 2016 World Drug Report by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the illegal shipment of cocaine comes from South America en route to Europe and Brazil. The report again named Ghana as among … Read more
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released her latest report on the transportation and use of hard drugs across the world, revealing Africa’s highest cocaine transit points. Per the report, the illegal shipment of cocaine comes from South America en route to Europe and Brazil. It was also discovered that Africa in … Read more
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at Bundase Training Camp of the Ghana Armed Forces at Pampram in the Greater Accra Region. This follows a court order for NACOB to burn the narcotics intercepted from drug peddlers for the past 13 years after those cases were … Read more
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at Bundase Training Camp of the Ghana Armed Forces at Pampram in the Greater Accra Region. This follows a court order for NACOB to burn the narcotics intercepted from drug peddlers for the past 13 years after those cases were … Read more
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has donated some items seized from Nayele Ametefe, the Ghanaian/Austrian drug baron to three institutions – an orphanage and two rehabilitation centres in Ghana. The items including furniture were seized from Night Angels, a shop which belonged to Nayele. The items were on Wednesday morning presented to the three centres at Korle Bu, Ashaiman … Read more
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has donated movable assets confiscated from drug baron Nayele Ametefe to mark World Narcotics Day which falls on June 26. Most of the items in the convict’s Night Angels shop located at Dzorwulu motorway extension were presented to three rehabilitation centers. The beneficiary institutions are: House of St Francis Rehabilitation … Read more
The former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board [NACOB] Akrasi Sarpong has admitted that there are “hard core” drug kingpins in Ghana. He said their activities are “dangerous” and “they are very influential in our society so it’s hard to fight them.” Speaking on UTV’s morning show, ‘Adekye Nsroma’, Akrasi Sarpong noted that the … Read more
A former Narcotics Control Board Executive Secretary Akrasi Sarpong has revealed that convicted drug dealer Nayele Ametefe, until her arrest in the UK, was spending huge sums of money on car rentals. Nayele while in Ghana was discovered to be hiring lavish cars like BMWs in Ghana on a daily basis at a great cost, … Read more
Policy think tank, Strategic Thinkers Network, (STRANEK) is urging the non-politicization of investigations into the alleged 500kg of cocaine missing from the Tema port. STRANEK, believes there is the need for thorough investigations into the incident by state agencies responsible. The Finder newspaper last week, reported that 10 bags of cocaine, hidden in a consignment … Read more
The downfall of millionaire “Mr X”, long shielded by cash and contacts in Laos, has highlighted the role of the secretive, communist country in showering pills across Southeast Asia. Allegedly a key figure among gangs buying drugs from Myanmar’s meth labs, Laotian Xaysana Keophimpha — dubbed ‘Mr X’ — is believed to have used his … Read more
The Editor of the Finder Newspaper, Elvis Darko, has rubbished claims discounting the discovery of cocaine at the Tema Port that reportedly went missing. The Sector Commander of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi, had earlier dismissed claims that 500 kilogrammes of … Read more
The Sector Commander of the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi, has dismissed media report that 500 kilogrammes of cocaine worth about $30 million dollars has disappeared from the Port. The Finder newspaper reported that 10 bags of cocaine, hidden in a consignment of rice with an … Read more
The Head of Research at the Kofi Annan Peace Keeping Training Centre, Dr. Kwesi Anning, is calling for sanctions against persons involved in the alleged $30 million missing cocaine saga. The Finder Newspaper on Saturday reported that 500 kilograms of cocaine worth 30 million dollars disappeared at the Tema Port under strange circumstances. Authorities of … Read more