The Minority in Parliament has called for a full-scale independent parliamentary inquiry into what it describes as Ghana’s growing emergence as a transit hub for narcotics under the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.
In a statement signed by the Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, the Minority said Ghana had repeatedly featured in major drug trafficking cases in Ghana and abroad over the past 18 months.
“The Minority in Parliament has watched with grave alarm as, over the past eighteen months, Ghana has repeatedly featured in major narcotics trafficking cases both at home and abroad,” the statement said.
The Minority cited a series of seizures it says point to growing concerns over the country’s role in the international narcotics trade.
According to the statement, on March 4, 2025, the National Intelligence Bureau intercepted a tipper truck at Pedu Junction in Cape Coast carrying more than 3.3 tonnes of cocaine concealed beneath sand and reportedly travelling from Takoradi to Accra. The consignment was estimated to have a street value of more than US$350 million.
The Minority also referred to the interception of another consignment involving about 120 slabs of cocaine, valued at approximately US$150 million, along the Takoradi-Cape Coast highway.
More recently, on August 5, 2026, the Tema Regional Police Command seized 866 parcels of suspected cocaine concealed in sacks of gari at a warehouse within the Tema Harbour enclave. The consignment was estimated to be worth about US$6.9 million.
The Minority said its concerns extend beyond seizures made within Ghana, pointing to cases abroad involving consignments allegedly linked to the country.
It cited the June 18, 2026 seizure by Australian customs authorities of 320kg of methamphetamine, reportedly concealed in a charcoal consignment traced to Ghana and valued at about US$261 million.
The statement also referenced a September 10, 2026 Reuters report that French customs officers at the Port of Dunkirk seized nearly 3.9 metric tonnes of cocaine, valued at more than US$260 million, concealed in a container of plastic waste that had departed Ghana.
The Minority further raised questions over two incidents it described as unresolved: an alleged aircraft landing at Kotoka International Airport around March 20, 2025, involving claims of narcotics and undeclared US currency from Gran Canaria, and the July 2025 MV Sankofa incident.
According to the Minority, the vessel was allegedly sailing under a forged flag and was liable for a fine of almost GH¢12 million, but was released by the Ghana Maritime Authority after paying only a fraction of the amount and without a full inspection of its cargo. The vessel was reportedly arrested days later in Senegal with narcotics on board.
“These developments demand answers,” the Minority said, arguing that Parliament must establish how the consignments entered Ghana, how they were able to move through the country and whether weaknesses within state institutions are being exploited by international drug trafficking networks.
The Minority is therefore calling for an independent parliamentary inquiry into the incidents and the broader systems surrounding Ghana’s ports, airports, security agencies and maritime operations.
It said the proposed investigation should determine whether there were institutional failures or possible complicity that allowed Ghana to become increasingly attractive to international narcotics traffickers.
