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Police bust cocoa smuggling ring, arrest 4 with 118 bags bound for Togo
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Ghanaian Times
The North East Regional Police Command has arrested four suspects and intercepted 118 bags of cocoa beans weighing 11,800 kilogrammes at Bunkpurugu, suspected to have been destined for neighbouring Togo through the Bunkpurugu-Togo border.
Acting on the information, a Police patrol team intercepted the truck at the Bunkpurugu Police Snap Check Point and arrested the four suspects.
A joint security team comprising the Police, Ghana Immigration Service, Defence Intelligence, GRA Customs Division and National Security subsequently searched the vehicle at the Customs Office.
The search revealed that the plantain was being used as a decoy to conceal the cocoa beans.
The four suspects are in Police custody assisting investigations and will be put before court to face the full rigours of the law.