The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has apprehended a shipment of dried leaves believed to contain narcotic substances, estimated at GH11,208,000, at Akatsi in the Volta Region.
A senior official at the Customs Head Office in Accra informed The Chronicle that the apprehension resulted from an intelligence-driven operation.
During the course of the operation, the occupants of the Lexus Toyota vehicle transporting the suspected cannabis abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene.
According to the official, the Lexus bore a fraudulent Ghanaian registration plate, thereby complicating the investigation to identify its legitimate proprietors.
This recent apprehension contributes to ongoing initiatives undertaken by Customs and other Security agencies to curtail illicit drug trafficking activities within the nation.
In October 2025, Customs, in partnership with the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), apprehended 84 (eighty-four) bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, concealed within a cargo shipment at one of the nation’s border checkpoints.
These collaborative operations constituted part of coordinated inter-agency endeavors to impede the transit of prohibited materials into and out of Ghana, with intelligence collection and institutional cooperation serving as fundamental components in combating drug trafficking.
According to the official, the Akatsi seizure demonstrates the critical significance of intelligence-driven operations in identifying and intercepting suspected narcotic consignments.
