NACOC DECLARES FRANK DANQUAH WANTED OVER SUSPECTED NARCOTICS OFFENCES
Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission has declared Frank Danquah wanted over suspected narcotics related offences and is appealing to the public for information that could help locate him. The Commission has not disclosed the specific allegations against Danquah.
ACCRA, Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission has declared Frank Danquah wanted over his alleged involvement in suspected narcotics related offences as authorities intensify efforts to combat drug trafficking.
NACOC issued a public notice on Tuesday, September 22, appealing to members of the public for information that could assist authorities in locating Danquah.
According to the Commission, Danquah was born on September 11, 1978.
NACOC has not disclosed the specific offence or offences for which he is being sought and has not publicly provided details about the investigation that led to the wanted notice.
The Commission urged anyone with credible information about Danquah's whereabouts to contact its toll free hotline on 0800 307 307.
NACOC's official wanted persons page states that individuals listed by the Commission may be wanted in connection with offences under Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020, Act 1019.
Those offences can include the importation or exportation of narcotic drugs, unlawful possession or control of narcotics and prohibited business involving narcotic drugs or plants.
However, those are general categories covered by the law and should not be interpreted as confirmation that Danquah is accused of any particular one of them unless NACOC provides further details.
The development comes at a time of heightened national scrutiny over drug trafficking and Ghana's ports and borders following several recent narcotics cases.
One of the most prominent involves nearly 3.9 tonnes of suspected cocaine discovered in France in containers linked to Ghana.
Several people have been arrested or charged in Ghana as investigations continue into how the containers were prepared, processed and exported.
The wider controversy intensified on Tuesday when opposition New Patriotic Party National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye alleged that drug traffickers had established clandestine laboratories in Ghana to process narcotics for export.
Boakye claimed the NPP had received intelligence about the alleged facilities and accused government officials of failing to prevent Ghana from being used as a transit point for illicit drugs.
Those claims have not been independently established as fact.
An official of the governing National Democratic Congress, Rashid Tanko Computer, subsequently called on the NPP to provide any intelligence it possesses to the appropriate security agencies so the allegations can be investigated.
He said people making the claims could be invited by security agencies to provide further information, including details about the alleged locations and people involved.
President John Dramani Mahama has meanwhile directed an inter agency task force to review Ghana's systems for detecting drug trafficking through the country's borders and produce a roadmap for strengthening those systems.
The President has also ordered NACOC's reinstatement in joint container inspection operations at the country's ports.
Against that backdrop, the decision to declare Danquah wanted is likely to attract significant public attention.
However, there is currently insufficient publicly available information to establish whether his case is connected to the recent major narcotics seizures or represents a separate investigation.
NACOC is asking members of the public with information about his whereabouts to contact the Commission as investigations continue.
