Subsequent to the discovery of about 1.5 tonnes of cannabis on a plane from Ghana at the Heathrow Airport, five officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) have been picked up by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), RadioXYZonline.com reports.
Four of the suspects, Kamaldeen Awudu, Wolanyo Fiano, Ibrahim Badoo and Marvin Amon-Kotei, are reported to have been employed barely six weeks ago.
The fifth person Ben Kusi Asante has been working with NACOB for some years now.
UK Border Agency officials on Thursday seized parcels of cannabis sealed in air freight containers and mixed with other containers with fruits and vegetables on a plane from Accra.
The seizure, according to border officers at UK’s Heathrow Airport is the biggest cannabis seizure in three years and it’s valued at £4.3m.
The arrested NACOB staff were stationed at the Aviance Cargo
where the said containers were supposedly checked before being sent to the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and subsequently enplaned to the UK .
Four of the suspects, Kamaldeen Awudu, Wolanyo Fiano, Ibrahim Badoo and Marvin Amon-Kotei, are reported to have been employed barely six weeks ago.
The fifth person Ben Kusi Asante has been working with NACOB for some years now.
UK Border Agency officials on Thursday seized parcels of cannabis sealed in air freight containers and mixed with other containers with fruits and vegetables on a plane from Accra.
The seizure, according to border officers at UK’s Heathrow Airport is the biggest cannabis seizure in three years and it’s valued at £4.3m.
The arrested NACOB staff were stationed at the Aviance Cargo
where the said containers were supposedly checked before being sent to the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and subsequently enplaned to the UK .
source: Ghanareporters.com
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