Two 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.
Officers stopped Chyna Jada Browne-Frater, a 22-year-old British woman, at Kotoka International Airport on 18 May 2025 as she prepared to board a British Airways flight to London.[1][2]She had been placed on an immigration stop list after the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) received intelligence from foreign counterparts about a syndicate moving Thai-grown cannabis to Britain.[2][3]Officers traced a suitcase bearing her name, offloaded it from the aircraft and opened it in her presence, finding 32 vacuum-sealed slabs.[1][3]A field test was positive for THC, and the haul of about 17.92kg was valued at $232,960.[3]
Browne-Frater told investigators her boyfriend, known only as Joey, had packed the case with local drinks and spices.[1][3]She was charged with attempted exportation, unlawful possession and conspiracy, and an Accra court remanded her in custody as a flight risk pending laboratory analysis.[1]A 41-year-old Ghanaian businessman, Joey Mclaren Hammond of East Legon, was then arrested as the alleged accomplice and remanded into NACOC custody, with reappearance set for 16 June 2025.[3]
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The detained woman beside evidence bags, and suitcases holding vacuum-sealed slabs of suspected cannabis.Photo details
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