[ 2014-11-23 ]

'Cocaine Girl' Ruby Adu Gyamfi pulled a diplomatic passport - Austrian newspaper
An Austrian newspaper, Kronen Zeitung, yesterday
led its front page with the story on Ruby Adu
Gyamfi, aka Neyele Ametefeh, aka Angel, the
suspect at the center of a 12.5 kilo cocaine
smuggling debacle in London.

According to the report, Ruby brandished a
diplomatic passport when suspicious security
details at the Heathrow Airport stopped her.

The revelation, headline in German as Drogen-Deal
mit Diplomatenpass, to wit “Drug Deal with
Diplomatic Passport” and a strap, “Cocaine
Smuggler pulled Diplomatic Passport” – which
report was composed by Klaus Loibnegger –
reinforces the diplomatic passport detail in the
narration currently being vehemently deflected by
Ghanaian authorities.

The latest revelation by the newspaper makes
Ghanaians officials’ denial that the lady at the
center of the cocaine bust was not holding a
diplomatic passport, to fly in the face.

The Narcotic Control Board, which claims that it
collaborated with its British counterparts, denied
that Ruby travelled on diplomatic passport but
rather Austrian passport.

“It is worthy to note that Ms. Nayayele Ametefe
travelled on Austrian passport number P418659 and
not on Ghanaian Diplomatic Passport as being
speculated. She also had in her possession an
ordinary Ghanaian passport number G0364497 issued
on 3rd August, 2012, NACOB said in a statement.

New Front

It is a fresh front to the raging cocaine
smuggling drama, which has gripped both local and
international media attention.

Ruby reportedly pulled out the diplomatic
passport, an action which did not deter the
determined security agents from arresting her.

Ruby threw in the next dice when she pulled out an
Austrian (EU) passport issued in Linz in 2010, but
like the diplomatic travel document, it did not
secure her safe passage from the vigilant security
personnel at London Heathrow Airport.

Another Dice

When she pulled out a third document – perhaps
out of desperation – she heightened the
suspicion of the security agents who employed the
various drills under the circumstances.

For the 32-year-old flashy Angel from Ghana, the
game was up, having failed in the various bids to
secure her freedom.

The Charge

The newspaper has a large picture in its center
spread of communications Minister, Dr. Omane
Boamah, who has vehemently denied on behalf of
government that Angelic Ruby had a diplomatic
passport, alongside pictures of the seized
cocaine.

The possession of a diplomatic passport by the
cocaine suspect is an aspect of the unfolding
story which embarrassing fallout has prompted
uncoordinated responses from government minders
whose interventions so far have yielded nothing
but a maze of contradictions.

More questions such as how the illegal class
‘AA’ drug got into Ghana and was smuggled out
in the manner it did without security agents
winking an eye in Accra, continue to be
triggered.

The drug dealer allegedly used the VVIP reserved
for ministers and top government officials,
raising question of high level connivance.

Amazement

Kronen Zeitung’s report also appears on their
online version, www.krone.at which expressed
amazement at the daredevil bid by Ruby to smuggle
12.5 kilos of cocaine (quarter bag of cement) into
the words busiest airport, describing the effort
as driven by stupidity or an unwavering confidence
that it was safe to do so.

Narcotic Stuff

According to the paper, Ruby had in her main
baggage ten packages of the narcotic substance,
comprising ten kilos with the remaining
two-and-a-half- kilos secured in her handbag, both
of which could fetch a street value of some 5
million Euros.

Unconfirmed details claim Ruby did not board the
BA flight with her hand luggage, even though she
checked in one luggage into the business class.
Her hand luggage was apparently handed to her by
unidentified security personnel on the plane.

However, the bag was too heavy for her to lift
unto the overhead luggage compartment. She was
therefore said to have pulled out two parcels
which she placed in her handbag.

According to the report – still unconfirmed –
other passengers spotted her and alerted air staff
who alerted the Heathrow security. On arrival,
border security agents accosted her and after a
thorough search of her body and luggage Ruby the
Angel was hauled off and charged with possession
and smuggling of narcotic drugs. She will make her
next appearance in court on November 27.

Telltale Comment

British investigators have kept mum over the
reports as they continue with their probe.
However, the story was picked quickly by the
'Heathrow Villager’ a free circulating newspaper
and posted online on Heathrow news.

Remarks by an investigator to the Austrian
newspaper on the periphery are instructive though,
and could further unsettle government agents who
are yet to decrypt the conundrum presented by the
Angel cocaine sage.

It reads, “You could be looking at a well-known
dealer with connections to well-connected
politicians who flies in business class frequently
and frequently and landed in one of the most
strictly guarded airports in the world, this time
with 12.5 kilos of cocaine thinking she would be
safe. I wonder why?”

Kronen Zeitung is the biggest daily newspaper in
Austria with a large audience base within and
without the country. It covers general subjects
– national and international – stories,
including business, entertainment and sports.

Source - Daily Guide

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