Security agencies personnel intercepted a consignment of smuggled mining explosives at a border in the Volta Region The explosives are said to have been made in Nigeria and transported by road through the Kpoglo border. The seizure of the explosives was made back on May 29, 2024, after intelligence gathered by the security agencies. Security agencies have impounded a consignment of mining explosives smuggled into the country through the Kpoglo border at Aflao in the Volta Region.

The explosives arrived from Nigeria by road and have since been secured with Buckdorn Company Limited in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. Police are said to be investigating the circumstances under which the explosives were smuggled into the country. Source: UGC The Chronicle reported that the seizure was made on May 29, 2024, after intelligence was gathered by the security agencies at the Segbe Border Post, about 18 kilometres North of Aflao.

Though the truck was supposed to be carrying home consumption items, during the examination, some quantities of packages suspected to be explosives were found. Take our Survey Now and See Improvements at YEN.com.gh Tomorrow After the assessment, the security agencies at Aflao provided details of High Explosive Solar Prime items.

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority directed that seized explosives be escorted to the Military for safekeeping. The police are also investigating the incident, according to The Chronicle’s sources. US Army personnel convicted for smuggling Earlier in 2024, a Ghanaian in the US Army, Kojo Owusu Dartey, was found guilty of smuggling guns into Ghana.

The smuggled guns were concealed within blue barrels of rice and household goods, according to court files. The conviction followed a joint effort between US law enforcement agencies and Ghanaian authorities. Recent instances of illicit smuggling YEN.com.gh reported that Ghana Airports Company Limited interdicted all staff allegedly involved in a narcotic smuggling incident at the Kotoka International Airport. The incident was discovered after the smuggler was apprehended by Brussels police in Belgium. By  Delali Adogla-Bessa, Yen