NACOC 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.
In the early hours of 31 May 2026, officers of Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) searched
a farmhouse and warehouse at Gbi-Wegbe, near Hohoe in the Volta Region, after intelligence that the
site was storing illegal drugs.[1][2]
They seized2,372.38 kilograms of a substance suspected to be cannabis.[1][2]NACOC put its
estimated street value at GH¢1,186,190.[1][2]
The commission said no arrests were made during the raid and that inquiries were under way to find
those behind the operation.[2]The seizure was part of wider enforcement against production,
trafficking and distribution of narcotics.[1][2]
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Suspected cannabis from the Gbi-Wegbe warehouse operation, shown by GNA.Photo details
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