Zimbabwean arrested in Ghana for trafficking 7.5 kg of cocaine

Ghana’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested a Zimbabwean woman at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for trafficking illegal drug.

The 30-year-old suspect, Cynthia Lichonja, was arrested on Monday, December 3, 2018, by NACOB operatives at KIA after she disembarked from an Ethiopian Airways flight.

A statement from NACOB narrated that Ms Lichonja was arrested while she was going through arrival formalities.

Officials searched her checked-in luggage in her presence and found seven parcels of brownish powdery substances suspected to be narcotics, concealed in false compartments of the suitcase.

The substance when tested proved positive for Speedball, a narcotic substance with a weight of 7.5kg.

The suspect, when confronted with the evidence, said that the suitcase was given to her by a childhood friend in Zimbabwe called Ms Patience.

She was to send the suitcase to an unknown person in Accra, adding that Ms Patience bought her the ticket to enable her travel to Accra.

Ms Lichonja is currently on remand in prison custody, NACOB officials and other security agencies make frantic efforts to track down the said Ms Patience and her accomplice to whom the suitcase was to be delivered.

“NACOB admonishes the public to desist from delivering parcels for and on behalf of others, as it has been the conduit for trafficking narcotic drugs.

“The Public is also encouraged to voluntarily provide information leading to the successful arrest of persons suspected to be indulging in nefarious activities, especially narcotic related acts,” a statement from NACOB added.