The Ghana Police Service has arrested 50 suspects during an intelligence-led anti-narcotics operation at the Madina Market enclave in the Greater Accra Region.
The operation, conducted on Thursday, May 7, by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Operations Team, targeted the supply and distribution of narcotic substances within the area.
Addressing a press briefing on Friday, Director-General of Police Operations, Emmanuel Teye Cudjoe, disclosed that the suspects comprise 46 males and four females, of which preliminary screening revealed that 25 of the suspects are Ghanaians, while the remaining individuals include 13 Nigerians, nine Nigeriens, one Malian, one Togolese and one Burkinabe national.
Police investigations further identified two suspects, Abigail Oku, 26, and Mohammed Zaya, a Nigerian national, as kingpins within the criminal network operating in the enclave.
COP Cudjoe also named Yousef Abubakar, 25, and Ahmadu Alfani, 43, both Nigerians, as shop owners involved in the sale and distribution of narcotic substances.
“Items retrieved during the operation include 230 boxes of tramadol valued at 130,000 cedis, 49 boxes of wrappers valued at 26,000 cedis, 10 parcels of Indian herb valued at 15,000 cedis, 13 boxes of crashes, mobile phones, scissors, knives and other suspected Nakoti-related materials. The estimated street value of the recovered exhibits amounts to 200 Ghanaian cities,” he added.
All 50 suspects, together with the retrieved items, have since been transferred to the National Operations Department Directorate Headquarters to assist with ongoing investigations and further action.
The Ghana Police Service says it will continue to intensify targeted operations against the supply, distribution and peddling of narcotic substances in markets, communities and public spaces across the country.
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