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Ghanaian political calls for narcotics investigation

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Following the seizure of 3.9 tonnes of cocaine valued at approximately €225 million in Dunkirk, France, Ghanaian authorities and civil society have intensified scrutiny of port security protocols. The narcotics were found concealed within a container of plastic waste that had departed from a Ghanaian port. Legal proceedings have commenced in Accra, with several individuals, including officials linked to the Ghana Revenue Authority, remanded in connection with customs scanning at Tema Port. Investigations have linked the trafficking network to Dutch fugitive Jos Leijdekkers. Political tension has escalated as MP Rev. John Ntim Fordjour called for a full-scale inquiry into over $1 billion in global narcotics seizures allegedly linked to ~~Ghana, including a $208 million methamphetamine bust in Australia.~~ Ghana. While Speaker Alban Bagbin previously ruled a motion for a parliamentary investigation inadmissible to avoid interfering with judicial proceedings, the Minority has rejected this, arguing that oversight of institutional failures is distinct from determining criminal guilt. Meanwhile, President John Mahama has responded by convening high-level security meetings and ~~revoking a 2018 directive. This directive restores~~ restoring the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) to its role in port ~~inspections, granting it authority to participate in screenings at air, land, and sea entry points. Critics, including analysts~~ inspections. Recent reports from ~~IMANI Africa and~~ the ~~Jatikay Centre, have called for~~ Global Organised Crime Index identify Ghana as a ~~comprehensive overhaul of~~ significant transit hub for heroin and cocaine, noting that in 2025, Ghana was the ~~national security architecture, suggesting systemic vulnerabilities may allow~~ fifth-largest country of origin for ~~complicity. Meanwhile,~~ cocaine seized at the ~~Kwabenya Circuit Court~~ Port of Antwerp. This has ~~adjourned trials related~~ led lawmakers to call for the ~~Dunkirk shipment~~ suspension of a maritime shipping agreement with Colombia to ~~November 2026, as the prosecution prepares disclosures regarding~~ mitigate security risks. Amidst these developments, NACOC Director-General Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey has urged the ~~accused, including customs staff charged with~~ media to investigate the ~~abetment of exporting narcotic drugs.~~ underlying networks facilitating trafficking rather than focusing solely on seizures.

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