Police clarifies misunderstanding at Missiga security checkpoint

The Ghana Police Service has clarified a misunderstanding which erupted at the Missiga checkpoint yesterday.

In a statement issued today, the Police noted that “On October 9, 2024, a misunderstanding ensued among personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and the Ghana Police Service, over an intercepted consignment of smuggled cocoa bags, at the Missiga security checkpoint at Bawku in the Upper East Region.”

“We wish to state that the Ghana Police Service yesterday, 9th October 2024, intercepted the smuggled consignment based on intelligence and were in the process of escorting the truck to the Bawku Divisional Police Command for the consignment to be handed over to COCOBOD and the culprits investigated and prosecuted by the Police in line with established protocol with Ghana COCOBOD,” the statement added.

The Police further added that “For the record, the Police recently intercepted smuggled cocoa beans on two occasions within the region, and the intercepted consignments were handed over to COCOBOD, while the suspects are currently being prosecuted by the Police. It is, therefore, untrue that the Police were in any way facilitating the smuggled consignments, as being claimed. In the aftermath of the incident.”

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme

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