Tag Archives: NACOC

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the UK National Crime Agency, has successfully intercepted a significant drug trafficking attempt at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Acting on intelligence, officers seized 166.88 kilograms of suspected cocaine on Monday, June 10, 2024, from the luggage of two British passengers …

A nine-member team from the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with 20 operations officers of the Ghana Prisons Service, have embarked on a security search at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The exercise, which took place on Sunday, April 14, 2024, was to …

Over a span of three days, the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted a total of 20.5kg of concealed cannabis parcels intended for smuggling out of Ghana via postal and courier centers in Accra. On Monday, April 15, 2024, routine examinations by NACOC officers identified four parcels concealed in wrapped …

Officers from Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) have intercepted a package containing suspected cannabis at one of the central points of the courier services department in Accra. This was during a routine check around noon on Thursday, April 4, 2024, when the officers identified suspicious items in a box bound …

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), on Monday, January 29, 2024, intercepted several capsules and tablets of tramadol at the Tema Port. A total of 1,035,000 tablets and capsules of tramadol with a net weight of 4,734.38 kg were seized. In a statement issued on Tuesday, NACOC said it was discovered …

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has advised the general public especially persons with drug use disorders to refrain from using public schools for illegal activities, including smoking and as a place of convenience. The NCC, in a statement on Monday, January 29, 2024, stated that it has observed that some …

The Former Executive Secretary of the Narcotic Control Commission (NACOC ), Yaw Akrasi Sarpong has urged the law enforcement agencies in the country not to center so much on arrests and prosecutions of persons using drugs such as weed, for personal use. According to him, the new Narcotics Control Commission …