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NACOB personnel unloading drugs for destruction. INSET: Mr. Solomon Stanley Eyo Addressing Media and Narcotics Burned
NARCOTIC SUBSTANCES estimated at 500 000 GH ¢ were destroyed by the Narcotics Board (NACOB) at Bundase Training Camp Ghana's armed forces near Seglime in the Ningo-Pampram district of the Greater Accra region.
Burning about 400 kilograms of marijuana and 100 kilograms of khat follows a NACOB order to destroy narcotics intercepted by traffickers last year. had been treated. Cathinone is the main psychoactive component of the plant Catha edulis (khat). The leaves of khat are chewed for a stimulating effect.
The exercise was done in the presence of representatives of the judiciary, the Ghana Police Service (GPS), the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and the Protection of the Government of Ghana. environment. Agency (EPA) under high surveillance by the army.
GSA officials tested the drugs to confirm if they were the actual drugs intercepted, after which they were burned.
Speaking with the media, Solomon Stanley Eyo, The Deputy Chief of Narcotics in charge of Divisional Supervision of the Supply Reduction said that the illegal substances destroyed had been seized at various places such as the 39, Kotoka International Airport, Borders, Cargo Village and Ghana Post
. following intelligence work conducted for several months that led to the arrest of suspects and substances.
The narcotics badyst said that the destruction also had to send signals to the public. The drugs were harmful to the human body and had a deterrent effect on traffickers and users.
Speaking of the seizure of khat, he stated that "although we do not produce and do not plant khat in Ghana as East Africa." In some countries like Ethiopia, some traffickers want using Ghana as a transit point to European countries and the US This has serious implications for our image as a country; "
He warned the traffickers that his outfit was on the lookout for arrest them in order to save the citizens and the image of the country
Formed in 1993 under the tutelage of the Ministry of the Interior, the Narcotics Control Board aims to formulate and enforce laws on narcotics in Ghana and to prevent the use, import and export of sedative products, including cocaine and marijuana.
With its three main functions NACOB is responsible for l & 39; enforcement and control of the laws on the control of drugs ts, education and prevention of the use of these products and the treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug addicts.
By Vincent Kubi, Bundase
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