[ 2014-12-17 ]

3 arrested at KIA for attempting to smuggle cocaine into Ghana
Three Clearing Agents have been arrested at the
Aviance Cargo Village at the Kotoka International
Airport (KIA) for attempting to smuggle cocaine
into the country.

They were rounded up Tuesday at about 11:30 am by
officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB).

Sources at the airport said the agents were
purportedly facilitating the smooth passage of the
suspected illicit drug through the cargo village
into the country,

A fourth person was also arrested but it later
turned out that he was not part of the deal. As at
press time yesterday it was not clear whether he
had been released or still being held by the
security agencies.

Their arrest followed a tip-off to the security
agencies who arrived at the facility in two Toyota
Camry vehicles.

Attempts to get official confirmation were however
not successful.

The latest case of narcotics drug being allegedly
facili­tated through KIA comes on the heels of a
strange and bizarre circumstance under which some
12.5kg of cocaine with a street value of $5
million was taken through the VVIP section of the
Kotoka International Airport into a waiting
airplane and flown abroad by one Nayele Ametefeh
aka Ruby Adu Gyamfi and her purported two lady
accomplices. Ruby was later busted at the Heathrow
Airport in London, United Kingdom.

She pleaded guilty to the charge of transporting
drug suspected to be cocaine when she appeared
before the Isleworth Crown Court in London on
November 27, 2014.

The case has since been adjourned to Monday, Jan
5, 2015 for sentencing, by which time the court
would be furnished with laboratory analysis of the
quantity and purity of the substance, plus its
street value, before the verdict is pronounced.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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