Ghana court denies bail to six defendants in case involving 3.9 tonnes of alleged cocaine — MyJoyOnline

A court in Kwabenya, Ghana, denied bail to six people arrested in connection with the seizure of 3.9 tonnes of alleged cocaine at the port of Tema. The court explained its decision by the seriousness of the alleged offences and the charges brought, MyJoyOnline reports.

Charges over attempted export

The defendants include freight forwarder Francis Naa Amanor, 71-year-old Frank Adu-Boahen, Togbe Agbeti, Andrew Tetteh Amponsah, Daniel Laryea and Helena Akua Denkyi. Amanor and Adu-Boahen were charged with conspiracy to export narcotic substances and with exporting them.

According to the prosecution, they allegedly conspired to export four containers carrying 3.9 tonnes of narcotic substances from the port of Tema to the Netherlands without a licence from the minister of health. The other four defendants are accused of aiding the crime. Investigators claim that they failed to properly analyse anomalous scans of the four containers, thereby allegedly facilitating the attempted export of the cargo.

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Medical assistance and hearing

All six denied the charges, after which the court remanded them in custody. At the same time, police were ordered to take Amanor, who suffered a stroke, and Denkyi, a patient with sickle cell disease, to a medical facility if necessary.

The next hearing in the case of the six defendants was scheduled for October 20, 2026. Another four defendants were also remanded in custody by the High Court in Accra; they are to appear in court on October 3, 2026. In total, 10 people appeared before the courts after the alleged narcotic substances were intercepted at the port of Tema on August 12, 2026.