Ntim Fordjour demands accountability over unresolved $500M cocaine busts amid latest Tema seizure
Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, is demanding answers from Ghana’s top security and legal institutions over what he describes as deafening silence on the prosecution of traffickers involved in $500 million worth of cocaine busts reported earlier this year.
Taking to social media platform X, the outspoken MP applauded recent anti-drug efforts by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), but called out the lack of progress on far larger cases that appear to have gone cold.
“How far with the prosecution of the half a billion dollar cocaine busts?” he quizzed.
“Now we hear commendable commitment from NACOC towards making our ports no-go for drug trafficking. The question to NACOC and NIB is, what happened to the prosecution of traffickers of big busts totaling half a billion dollars earlier this year?”
His comments came just hours after news broke that NACOC had intercepted a significant drug shipment at the Swiss Port in Tema.
On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the commission seized 89.74 kilograms of suspected cocaine cleverly concealed in a cargo shipment headed for the Netherlands. Four suspects were arrested and remain in custody as investigations continue.
According to NACOC, initial intelligence suggests the operation was part of a broader, coordinated trafficking network.
While lauding this most recent success, Hon. Fordjour questioned why similar transparency and urgency have not been applied to earlier busts, particularly those involving $350 million and $150 million worth of narcotics.
“There’s good update on the prosecution of small busts of 89.74kg,” he said. “When are the suspects of the big busts of $350 million and $150 million going to be arrested and prosecuted? When will armed operatives storm their houses the same way?”
He called on both the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to provide answers, urging them not to shield high-profile individuals if they are involved.
“We are all concerned and collectively support the call for zero tolerance for drug trafficking and therefore demand that big busts must not be shielded for small busts to be showcased,” he added. “Big busts must equally be prosecuted just with the same alacrity as the small busts.”
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