NACOB sets fire to illicit drugs worth $2 million

pulse-ghana admin 10:37 - 26 June 2017

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The decision to burn the drugs was a result of a court order to destroy drugs intercepted from criminals over the last 13 years. The drugs that were destroyed had been from cases that had already been dealt with.

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has destroyed illicit drugs with a street value of two million dollars.

The Ghana News Agency reports that "Mr Michael Addo, the Deputy Director of NACOB, said the illegal substances destroyed include heroin, cocaine, sativa, methamphetamine and cannabis seized at various points such as the Kotoka International Airport, the borders, Cargo Village and Ghana Post.

Mr Addo said the drugs were seized between 2003 and 2016 and that the destruction also formed part of the commemoration of the World Drugs Day which falls on June 26."

The controlled inferno happened at the Bundase Training Camp of the Ghana Armed Forces at Pampram in the Greater Accra Region under the supervision of the Ghana Standards Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency.