The Minority in Parliament has demanded a full-scale Ghana narcotics transit hub inquiry, citing a string of major drug seizures at home and overseas that it says require independent scrutiny.
In a statement signed by the Ranking Member on Defence and Interior, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, the opposition lawmakers claimed that narcotics intercepted in cases connected to Ghana over the past 18 months were valued at more than US$1 billion.
The figure and the description of Ghana as a transit hub are claims by the Minority. They have not been established by an independent parliamentary investigation.
Still, the cases cited are hardly small. The Minority wants Parliament to examine possible security failures at the country’s ports, airport, highways and territorial waters, as well as the progress of investigations already underway.
Minority lists major seizures
The statement recalled the interception of more than 3.3 tonnes of cocaine at Pedu Junction in Cape Coast on March 4, 2025. The drugs, reportedly concealed beneath sand in a tipper truck travelling from Takoradi to Accra, were estimated to be worth more than US$350 million.
It also cited a separate consignment of about 120 slabs of cocaine, valued by the Minority at US$150 million, intercepted along the Takoradi to Cape Coast highway.
In August 2026, police in Tema seized 866 parcels of suspected cocaine hidden in sacks of gari at a warehouse within the Tema Harbour enclave. That consignment was valued at US$6.9 million.
The Minority said arrests in some of the local cases had not reached the financiers or senior figures allegedly behind the shipments.
“More than a year after the seizure, it is only the driver, a housemaid, and a small handful of peripheral suspects who have been arraigned and remain on bail,” the statement said about the Pedu Junction case.
Overseas interceptions raise fresh questions
French customs officers on September 10 seized nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine concealed in a container of plastic waste that had arrived from Ghana.
The consignment, valued at €225 million, or approximately US$261 million, was intercepted at Dunkirk. Part of it was initially destined for Antwerp, while French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the criminal network believed to be behind the shipment.
The Minority also referenced 320 kilogrammes of methamphetamine found in charcoal bags shipped from Ghana to Australia. Australian authorities valued that consignment at A$296 million. That is about US$208 million, although the Minority’s statement placed its value at US$261 million.
The lawmakers further want answers about an aircraft alleged to have arrived at Kotoka International Airport from Gran Canaria in March 2025 carrying narcotics and undeclared currency. That allegation remains disputed and unresolved.
Questions were also raised about the MV Sankofa, a vessel the Minority said was released after paying only part of a fine before later being detained in Senegal with narcotics.
Ministers and security chiefs wanted before Parliament
The Minority wants sector ministers and heads of the relevant security agencies to appear before Parliament. It is seeking updates on investigations, prosecutions and measures being taken to prevent international trafficking networks from exploiting Ghana’s transport infrastructure.
It also accused the Narcotics Control Commission, port authorities and the Ghana Maritime Authority of failing to provide adequate public explanations.
“Ghana’s international reputation, and the safety of our young people from the scourge of narcotics, cannot be held hostage to official silence or political convenience,” the statement said.
No response from the government or the agencies named in the statement was included in the Minority’s release.
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