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No cocaine missing at Tema Port - CEPS Tema Port commander
The Sector Commander of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi, said investigations conducted by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), the Ministry of Interior and other sector institutions, revealed that no container with cocaine had been detained at the Port.
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The Sector Commander of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi, insisted in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM that this was not true.
“I can tell you that there is no truth in that reportage. I know that this matter has been dealt with at the office of the Minister of Interior and at that meeting was the commissioner of customs, the ex-commissioner, Mr. John Pianim, myself, NACOB and the relevant stakeholders. We looked at all the issues involved, as to whether there was a cocaine missing or not, I don’t think anybody can tell you that. And I’m telling you that the report is misleading. There was no cocaine in Tema Port in anybody’s custody which got missing.”
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“We have done investigation, BNI has done investigation, NACOB is doing investigation. It is expected that we will know what exactly the story is; whether there is cocaine at all or not. On authority, I can tell you that I’m not aware of any cocaine shipment. I’m the head of Customs at Tema Port and I’m not aware of cocaine shipment. I am telling you categorically that I am not aware of any missing cocaine at Tema Port. If somebody says so perhaps he has some facts I don’t have,” he added.
The Finder newspaper reported that ten bags of suspected cocaine, each weighing 50kg (500kg in all) hidden in a consignment of rice with an estimated street value of about $30million, have vanished from the Tema Port under mysterious circumstances.
The reports suggested that officers under whose watch this happened are still at post at the Tema Port.
Sources told the newspaper that a ship carrying some containers with cocaine on board arrived at the Tema Port in December 2016.
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The drugs, however, vanished before February 23, 2017, when all stakeholders conducted compulsory tests on the container.
Many believe that the move has once again heavily dented the image of the country in its fight against drugs.
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