Police Destroy Large Quantity of Narcotics on Court Orders

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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has destroyed a substantial quantity of narcotic substances, following directives from the Accra Circuit Court. The destroyed items included 248 fertilizer sacks, 315 wraps, 24 sachets, and 68 compressed slabs of various narcotics, in addition to three medium-sized buckets of heroin.

Registrar at the Accra Circuit Court, Prosper Kingsley Damakah, explained that the substances, including cocaine and cannabis, were destroyed after the cases involving them had been resolved by the court. The narcotics were seized and used as evidence in cases tried between 2020 and 2024.

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The destruction took place at the shore behind the Black Star Square in Accra, with representatives from the Narcotics Control Commission and the Judicial Service present to witness the event.

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