Spain's cocaine operation similar to controlled delivery approach criticised by NPP – Edem Agbana

The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana, has compared the Spanish authorities’ handling of a recent 2.6-tonne cocaine seizure involving a Ghana-origin shipment to the controlled delivery approach criticised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Thursday, November 12, 2026, Agbana said Spanish authorities, after discovering cocaine concealed in a shipment of coconuts from Ghana, removed the drugs, resealed the containers and allowed the consignment to continue its journey under surveillance to identify its intended recipients.

“Even the Spanish authorities that we are applauding this morning, they have done the same thing that the NPP mocked last week,” he said.

Explaining the rationale behind the approach, Agbana said investigators needed to establish the consignment's destination and identify those expected to receive the drugs.

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“It means that even at the point of discovery, they realise that they needed some more information. They needed to know their destination. They needed to know those who are going to receive the drug,” he said.

He argued that the Spanish operation demonstrated why controlled delivery could be necessary in drug trafficking investigations, rather than bringing an operation to an immediate end after an initial interception.

Agbana also claimed that the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) collaborated with Spanish authorities in the operation, leading to arrests in Ghana.

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He urged the public to allow security agencies to conduct their investigations, warning that premature disclosure of information could compromise the process.

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