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Three Clearing Agents have been
arrested at the Aviance Cargo Village at the Kotoka International
Airport (KIA) for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country.
They were rounded up Tuesday at about 11:30 am by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB).
Sources
at the airport said the agents were purportedly facilitating the smooth
passage of the suspected illicit drug through the cargo village into
the country,
A fourth person was also arrested but it later
turned out that he was not part of the deal. As at press time yesterday
it was not clear whether he had been released or was still being held by
the security agencies.
Their arrest followed a tip-off to the security agencies, who arrived at the facility in two Toyota Camry vehicles.
Attempts to get official confirmation were however not successful.
The
latest case of narcotics drug being allegedly facilitated through KIA
comes on the heels of a strange and bizarre circumstance under which
some 12.5kg of cocaine with a street value of $5 million was taken
through the VVIP section of the Kotoka International Airport into a
waiting airplane and flown abroad by one Nayele Ametefeh aka Ruby Adu
Gyamfi and her purported two lady accomplices. Ruby was later busted at
the Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom.
She pleaded
guilty to the charge of transporting drug suspected to be cocaine when
she appeared before the Isleworth Crown Court in London on November 27,
2014.
The case has since been adjourned to Monday, Jan 5, 2015
for sentencing, by which time the court would be furnished with
laboratory analysis of the quantity and purity of the substance, plus
its street value, before the verdict is pronounced. |
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| Source: Daily Guide |
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