Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC)
🇬🇭 Ghana · Anti-narcotics agency · 15 reports
- People arrested
- 28
- Cannabis seized
- 157.573 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Navy seizes 4.7 tonnes of suspected cannabis from two boats at Ada Estuary
Ghana Navy personnel with NACOC and National Security found 117 sacks of suspected Indian hemp, about 4.7 tonnes and valued at more than US$1 million, on two abandoned wooden boats at the Ada Estuary on 5 November 2026. The occupants fled before the patrol reached them, no arrests were made, and the sacks were handed to NACOC pending laboratory tests.
Arrested 0Cannabis 4.7 tNACOC destroys 564.39 kg of cannabis at Bundase
The Narcotics Control Commission destroyed 564.39 kilograms of cannabis at Bundase alongside synthetic opioids and codeine-infused cough mixture. The cannabis was valued at US$112,878, and the Ghana Standards Authority confirmed cannabis in samples before destruction.
Cannabis 564.39 kgNACOC and Immigration burn cannabis farms at Siiru in Nadowli
NACOC's Upper West Regional Command and the Ghana Immigration Service destroyed several cannabis farms at Siiru in the Nadowli District, burning plants found in unfinished buildings, in front of homes and beside maize fields. Officers then met residents to warn about the legal consequences of cannabis cultivation and asked them to report illicit drug growing and distribution.
Customs seize 560 kg of cannabis from an abandoned Lexus at Torve
GRA Customs' Aflao Preventive Monitoring Unit tracked a black Lexus to Torve on the night of 15 October 2026; the driver fled after a mechanical fault and officers found 1,065 compressed parcels weighing 560.4 kg, worth GH¢11.2 million, now with NACOC.
Cannabis 560.4 kgNACOC arrests 10 over cannabis-infused drinks at KTU celebrations
NACOC arrested 10 people, including students, for allegedly producing and selling cannabis-infused drinks and ice cream during SRC Week festivities at Koforidua Technical University on 31 July 2026. Field tests indicated cannabis in the seized edibles and drinks; a 23-year-old woman was named as the alleged ringleader.
Arrested 10NACOC arrests three at overnight raid on Volta cannabis and hashish-oil hub
Ghana’s NACOC raided a stash house spanning Koleonu, Wegbe and Akplamafu in the Volta Region overnight and arrested three suspects on 22 June 2026. The commission said the site was used to grow cannabis, produce hashish oil and distribute drugs, the first Volta cultivation case this year to yield arrests.
Arrested 3Six arrested as police burn about ten acres of cannabis in Eastern Region
Ghana Police arrested six men aged 25 to 32 and burned cannabis farms at Nsuta Aperade in Okere and Nsuta Hasi in Yilo Krobo after a tip-off at Kyerematen. CID and NACOC teams found illegal power lines, nurseries under electric bulbs and air-conditioned grow huts; the commander put the cleared area at about seven acres while other accounts said about ten.
Arrested 6Area 4 haNACOC seizes 2.37 tonnes of suspected cannabis at Gbi-Wegbe
Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission raided a farmhouse and warehouse at Gbi-Wegbe near Hohoe in the early hours of 31 May 2026 and seized 2,372.38 kg of suspected cannabis valued at about GH¢1.19 million. No arrests were reported at the scene; investigations continued.
Cannabis 2.37238 tPolice burn 47,530 kg of Indian hemp in Ho on court order
Volta Regional Police burned 600 sacks of Indian hemp weighing 47,530 kg at the Klefe dumping site in Ho on 17 November 2025. The stock, seized in 2022 in the case against Yao Kwadwo and two others, was destroyed after the Ho Circuit Court ordered its disposal once the exhibits were tendered in evidence.
Cannabis 47.53 tTwo held over 17.9kg of cannabis in UK-bound suitcase at Kotoka
Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission arrested a British woman at Kotoka airport on 18 May 2025 with about 17.9kg of cannabis vacuum-sealed in her UK-bound suitcase, then arrested an alleged accomplice. Both were charged with attempted export and possession; the drugs were valued at $232,960.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 17.92 kgNACOC destroys 46,128 kg of cannabis at Bundase camp
Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission burned 46,128.29 kg of cannabis at the Bundase military camp on 8 November 2024, part of 151,899.54 kg of drugs seized between 2021 and 2024 and destroyed under multi-agency supervision.
Cannabis 46.12829 tNACOC intercepts 12,600 slabs of cannabis hidden in poultry feed
On 2 December 2023 Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission found 12,600 slabs of compressed cannabis hidden in poultry feed inside an abandoned truck at Dodi near Akosombo. No suspect was arrested.
NACOC burns 50 tonnes of seized cannabis at Bundase military camp
Ghana's drug agency burned 50,000 kg of cannabis worth GH₵50 million at the Bundase military camp on 8 February 2023, destroying stocks seized between 2021 and January 2023 mostly in the Volta and Eastern regions under a court order.
Cannabis 50 tNACOC seizes 5,700 kg of cannabis and arrests seven at Atimpoku
Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission seized 5,700 kilograms of compressed cannabis worth about 6.84 million cedis near Atimpoku on 20 October 2021 after months of intelligence work. Seven suspects were arrested while trying to move the consignment toward Greater Accra.
Arrested 7Cannabis 5.7 t67 acres of cannabis destroyed at Boso in Eastern Region
A joint military, police and Narcotics Control Commission team destroyed about 67 acres of cannabis farms at Boso in the Eastern Region in the week before 27 August 2020. The growers fled before the raid, so no arrests were made; farming implements were seized.
Area 27.1 ha