A team of armed police officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ghana Police Service, under the supervision of the Accra Circuit Court and the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), have incinerated sacks of marijuana.
This operation is part of a broader initiative aimed at combating the production, sale and use of narcotic substances in Ghana.
The court mandated that the destruction of these drugs take place at the Battle Training Camp (BTC) in Bundase, Accra, with journalists present to witness the event.
Registrar Prosper Kingsley Damankah ensured media coverage during the proceedings.
The seized substances, which were intercepted on highways, based on intelligence, were being transported from Ghana to Nigeria.
In an interview, Registrar Damankah noted that some individuals arrested for possession of these drugs had been convicted as far back as ten years ago, while others are still serving as evidence in ongoing cases.
He added that a key difference between this operation and a previous one conducted two months prior was that the former involved various drugs including heroin and cocaine.
Damankah suggested that the government could explore the potential benefits of these seized substances, proposing that dried marijuana could be redirected to pharmaceutical industries instead of being destroyed.
He urged lawmakers to reconsider existing laws, stating, “This should be a wake-up call for the lawmakers to re-look at the laws.”
