Tag: Narcotics
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Parliament passes Narcotics Bill
On July 12, 2023, Ghana's Parliament passed the Narcotics Control Commission Amendment Bill, granting the Minister for the Interior the power to issue licenses...
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NaCoC reaches out to stakeholders for ways to tackle drug trafficking
Kenneth Adu-Amanfoh, the Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NaCoC), has called for a unified and collaborative approach to combat drug trafficking and abuse...
Independent Africa
Nigeria gets hold of narcotics worth $1.2m
Nigeria's anti-narcotics agency has made a significant seizure of methamphetamine, amounting to 30kg and valued at $1.2 million (£960,000), which was intended to be...
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The horrors of ‘drug life’ – Ghanaian drug addict bares it all
Kwabena Josiah, a young guy from Ghana who worked as a seaman in the 1970s, had the chance to travel the world and explore...
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Court orders lunacy test on Uber driver behind viral police audio
The District court in Achimota presided over by His Worship Prince Owusu, has ordered an insanity test to be conducted on the suspect, Patrick...
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Man in viral audio alleging police planted narcotics in his car arrested
Patrick Asiedu, the man behind a viral audio alleging some police officers planted 'wee' and cocaine in his car has been arrested.According to...
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Four arrested for possessing over 104 bags of suspected narcotics
Police intelligence operation on 5th January 2023, led to the arrest of four suspects for the unlawful possession of over 104 bags of substances...
National
Court sentences trader ten years for possessing narcotics
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 39-year-old petty trader to ten years imprisonment in hard labour for unlawful possession of narcotics.Samuel Hagan, alias...
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