NIB Destroys $350 Million Worth of Cocaine as Drug Fight Intensifies in Ghana

The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), acting under a court order, has destroyed 3.3 tonnes of cocaine estimated at $350 million. The drugs were originally seized from a tipper truck traveling from Cape Coast to Accra in March of this year.

The destruction took place on Wednesday, June 4, after confirmatory tests were conducted in the presence of the trial judge, state attorneys, NIB officers, and representatives from the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC). Other confiscated narcotic and pharmaceutical substances, also seized by NACOC, were incinerated at the Bundase Military Base.

Speaking to journalists at the event, Brigadier General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, Director General of NACOC, reaffirmed the commission’s commitment to fighting drug trafficking and abuse. “We carried out this destruction today to send a clear message — we will not stand by and allow illicit drugs to destroy the future of this country,” he said.

Brigadier General Mantey also announced plans for special operations starting next month to intensify the crackdown on drug dealers nationwide. “We need the public’s help to expose and shame those involved in this illegal trade. This cannot continue,” he stressed.