The drugs were seized by French authorities after it was shipped from Ghana
The Acting Director of Public Affairs and International Relations at the Narcotics Control Commission, PNCO Francis Opoku Amoah, has said that more arrests could be made as investigations continue into the seizure of 3.9 tonnes of cocaine in France.
According to him on TV3 Key Points on September 19, 2026, NACOC has identified more suspected accomplices as part of investigations into a cocaine shipment that originated from Ghana and was intercepted by French Customs at the Port of Dunkirk on September 7, 2026.
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He explained that the drug trade involves networks operating across different countries, making it possible for more people to be connected to the case.
“It is possible. It is an investigation that is ongoing and it is possible that there are more people connected. You see the drug business is such that it is a transnational organised crime and therefore it is not one particular individual or one particular person who does it. It is interconnected. There are linkages and therefore that is what we are looking at. That is what we're investigating,” he said.
Opoku Amoah said the current number of suspects could increase depending on the outcome of the investigations.
“It is possible that what we have now could be. It is also possible that more people could be arrested whilst investigation is ongoing,” he added.
He assured that NACOC and other agencies involved in the case would act on any evidence that points to additional suspects.
“Investigation is ongoing and wherever the investigation will lead, if there are people who need to be arrested, I am very, very positive that the Narcotic Control Commission and the other agencies that are working on would do the needful,” he said.
It will be recalled that French Customs intercepted a container of plastic waste from Ghana at the Port of Dunkirk on September 7, 2026.
The container, which was heading to Antwerp in Belgium, contained 167 bales of cocaine weighing 3.9 metric tonnes.
French authorities estimated the street value of the drugs at €225 million, equivalent to about $261 million.
France's National Jurisdiction against Organised Crime has opened an investigation into the shipment for organised importation of narcotics and criminal association.
The seizure has also been linked by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and Belgian newspaper HLN to fugitive Dutch drug lord Jos Leijdekkers, also known as “Bolle Jos”.
Leijdekkers, 33, has been sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison in the Netherlands for trafficking nearly seven tonnes of cocaine. Dutch authorities believe he is hiding in Sierra Leone.
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Following the seizure, NACOC announced on September 14, 2026, that it had arrested three suspects in Ghana who were allegedly representing and facilitating Leijdekkers' network in the country.
The Commission said the three suspects had been on its radar and under surveillance for some time.
In the Netherlands, a man from Dordrecht, where the shipment was reportedly destined for a business address, was also arrested on September 4 in connection with the consignment. He has since been remanded in custody.
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