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Four Ghanaian nationals involved in smuggling nearly £4.3 million worth of cannabis into the UK, hidden in sacks of Gari powder from Ghana, have been sentenced to a total of 26 years in prison. The drugs were discovered at Tilbury Docks in South Essex after a National Crime Agency (NCA) operation flagged the shipment.
The men were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on October 18, 2024. Daniel Yeboah received a five-year sentence, while Edward Adjei was sentenced to four years. Kristoffen Baidoo and Kwaku Bonsu, who failed to appear for trial and sentencing, were sentenced in absentia to 10 and seven years, respectively. Efforts are underway to locate and bring them to custody.
The shipment, which arrived from Ghana in December 2019, contained 1.5 tonnes of herbal cannabis concealed in hessian sacks of Gari. Intelligence from both the NCA and the Ghanaian Narcotics Control Commission led to the search and seizure of the drugs. The cannabis was replaced with dummy packages before the container was delivered to a north London yard.
Yeboah signed for the delivery under a fake name, but all four suspects were arrested soon after. Texts and emails on Baidoo’s phone revealed his role in coordinating the delivery, while Bonsu’s bank account showed payments to a shipping company for the container’s transportation.
