General News of 2026-09-23
There is a cocaine manufacturing hub in Ghana - NPP MP alleges
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour, has reaffirmed the claim by his party that cocaine is currently being manufactured in Ghana.
The National Organiser of the NPP, Nana Boakye, aka Nana B, at a press conference on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, claimed that there was a cocaine manufacturing plant in Ghana.
Speaking in an interview on Citi FM on Tuesday, the NPP MP asserted that Ghana was not only a transit point for cocaine smuggling and that there was some level of manufacturing ongoing in the country.
He stated that his party has intelligence that confirms the claim.
Asked whether his party’s claim was “theory or a fact”, Agyei Baffour said, “Fact based on intelligence.”
“There's some degree, some level of manufacturing in here… it's a fact based on intelligence... Don't underestimate the New Patriotic Party as a major political party. People give us information,” he added.
The NPP legislator went on to call on the government to initiate an enquiry into the issues surrounding the smuggling of cocaine through Ghana.
“It is on this basis that an enquiry is very necessary, because if it is established, like we have been informed by way of our intelligence, that indeed there is a manufacturing hub in this country, then it's a very serious matter.
“If it is also established that indeed there is an importation, it is also equally a very serious matter,” he said.
When asked to disclose the location of the hub, the MP said that he couldn’t do so publicly.
He also refused to state whether the NPP had informed the nation’s security apparatus about its intelligence on the existence of the cocaine manufacturing hub.
Watch a video of his remarks below:
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