Ntim Fordjour calls for action after 2.6-tonne cocaine seizure in Spain

Assin South Member of Parliament and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has urged President John Dramani Mahama to take decisive action against narcotics trafficking, warning that repeated drug seizures involving shipments linked to Ghana are damaging the country’s international reputation.

In a post on X on Thursday, November 12, Ntim Fordjour questioned the progress of investigations into alleged cocaine flights involving Gran Canaria and called on the president to demonstrate the government’s stated zero-tolerance approach to drug trafficking.

He cited recent seizures abroad, including 2.6 tonnes of cocaine found by Spanish authorities in a shipment of coconuts from Ghana and nearly 3.9 tonnes seized in France from a container that had arrived from Ghana. The Spanish shipment was loaded at Tema Port and later intercepted in Valencia. Two people were arrested in Spain; Spanish authorities have not announced arrests in Ghana or identified Ghanaian nationals as suspects.

Ntim Fordjour alleged that more than US$3 billion worth of drugs linked to Ghana had been seized overseas during the president’s tenure, with other consignments allegedly passing undetected. He also referred to a reported ranking placing Ghana fifth among sources of cocaine seized in Belgium.

He further questioned why an agreement he said had been signed with Colombia to facilitate direct shipments between the ports of Tema and Cartagena had not been cancelled. He alleged that government officials, drug networks and state agencies were benefiting from the trade.

The MP called on President Mahama to act against those involved and restore Ghana’s reputation as a country intolerant of narcotics trafficking.

Mr President @JDMahama
How far with the investigation you ordered into the Gran Canaria cocaine flights?
What happened to your commitment of ensuring zero tolerance to drug trafficking? Ghana under your tenure now faces international embarrassment as ranked 5th in the world in cocaine trafficking to Belgium.

Since your X post on 1st April 2025, almost every month records major drug busts running into tons and hundreds of millions of dollars, busted overseas, linked to Ghana.

Under your tenure, over $3bn worth of drugs have been busted overseas linked to Ghana with several billions trafficked undetected.
Ghana’s once reputed image keeps sinking by the day. Govt officials, drug networks and state agencies are milking hundreds of millions from the trade under your watch and yet the enabler agreement signed by Okudzeto with Columbia for direct and open shipments between Tema and Cartegena Ports has not been cancelled.

Your Excellency, this is certainly not the reset legacy Ghanaians hoped for at your second coming. Crack the whip and restore Ghana’s sinking image to the once reputable narcotics-intolerable state.

— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) November 12, 2026