The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a long-time drug trafficking suspect, Uchechukwu Chima, in a successful intelligence-led operation at Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra. The 56-year-old Nigerian national was apprehended on Tuesday, March 18, following a search of his hideout, which uncovered 192 kg of cocaine and 0.42 kg …
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The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted a truck loaded with twelve thousand six hundred (12,600) slabs of compressed cannabis at Dodi, near Akosombo in the Eastern Region. The seizure was made on Saturday, December 2, 2023, following an intelligence-led operation during which the truck was found abandoned in a …
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Parliament has passed the Narcotics Control Commission Amendment Bill 2023, bringing significant changes to the cultivation of cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes. The amended bill grants the Ministry of Interior the authority to issue licenses for the cultivation of cannabis, thereby enabling the utilization of this plant for various …
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The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has destroyed 50,000 Kilogrammes or 50 tonnes of marijuana at the Bundase Military Camp in the Greater Accra Region, worth Fifty Million Ghana Cedis (50,000,000). The two-day destruction exercise is in accordance with the Commission’s law, Act 1019, which requires NACOC to seize, investigate, and …
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