Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) burned 50,000 kilograms of seized cannabis at the Bundase Military Training Camp in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region on 8 February 2023, at the end of a two-day destruction exercise.[1][2] The cannabis, valued at GH₵50 million, had been seized between 2021 and January 2023, mostly in the Volta and Eastern regions, where suspects escaped arrest while their trucks, vans and cars were impounded at the Commission’s headquarters in Accra.[1][2] The destruction followed a court order, as section 108 of the Narcotics Control Commission Act (Act 1019) requires, and officials from the court, police, military and Environmental Protection Agency took part.[1][2]
NACOC’s acting director for public affairs and international relations, Francis Opoku Amoah, said some suspects were standing trial while others had escaped arrest, and warned drivers and vehicle owners that vehicles used by smugglers would be seized.[2] He added that cultivating cannabis in the country was still illegal and culprits would be arrested and prosecuted.[2]
