Don't politicize arrest of security chief - Murtala

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cha 10 years ago

We now all know the truth

We now all know the truth
TerriblY Spe cifiC 10 years ago

The U.S Bureau of Prisons has stated that ex-Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkoranza North, Eric Amoateng, who is currently doing time in CI Moshannon Valley prison in the USA, for trafficking 136 pounds of heroin, valued at o ...
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The U.S Bureau of Prisons has stated that ex-Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkoranza North, Eric Amoateng, who is currently doing time in CI Moshannon Valley prison in the USA, for trafficking 136 pounds of heroin, valued at over $5 million, would be released on July 30, 2014.

Judge David G. Tragger, delivered the judgment on December 12, 2007 and sentenced the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ex-MP to a 10-year jail term.

The MP was arrested on December 11, 2005 in the U.S.

Two years ago, ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor thwarted investigations by the Narcotic Controls Board (NACOB) into the assets of Eric Amoateng and Nii Okai Adjei, his accomplice, for the purposes of confiscating them to the state in accordance with PNDC law 236.

Eight months into the administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, assets investigations on Eric Amoateng and Nii Okai Adjei have not been concluded, let alone going through the tortuous journey of confiscating them through the court. The terms of reference of the investigations for NACOB included identifying properties of both Eric Amoateng and Nii Okai Adjei who were imprisoned in respect of the heroine.

The investigations, which were earnestly begun by NACOB, were halted by President John Kufuor when he appointed a Minister, who was questioned by NACOB investigators in respect of the arrest of Amoateng, to head the Interior Ministry which supervised NACOB.

Before the investigations were halted, a NACOB report had already located the assets of Nii Okai Adjei, and had indicated that they intended to investigate the assets of Eric Amoateng.

An initial report from NACOB stated that: “So far, three residential properties have been identified to be belonging to Nii Okai Adjei. They are located in Teshie Nungua catchment area. Efforts are being made to travel to Nkoranza to conduct assets investigations on Eric Amoateng. After the identification and location, Narcotic Control Board intends to pursue the assets for confiscation in accordance with PNDC Law 236.”

Nii Okai Adjei, who has already served his prison term, has returned to Ghana to enjoy his properties. Follow-up investigations by NACOB on possible accomplices in Ghana, led them to question a former sitting minister of the previous government, regarding his association with a certain George Owusu, a name which kept coming up in their investigations.

The NACOB investigations had revealed that, that George Owusu, had direct dealings with Eric Amoateng in the drug trade. It emerged that NACOB, following intelligence, interrogated a certain George Owusu, who had shipped ceramics from the US to a foundation established by the said minister.

NACOB, suspected that the George Owusu man could be the one who shipped the heroin on behalf of Amoateng. Before the assets investigations could be concluded, former President Kufuor announced that the minister, who had been officially questioned by Narcotic Board investigators in respect of the Amoateng case, much to his displeasure, had been appointed as the Minister of Interior.

Narcotic Control Board is under the Ministry of Interior.

The investigations into assets were therefore abandoned and the government has since then ended the journey to continue the process of investigations and confiscation of the property of both Eric Amoateng and Nii Okai Adjei.

Not long after the Minister took office, the Interior Ministry announced that five kilos of cocaine in the custody of NACOB being part of the 30kilos seized from the MV Benjamin was missing. The casualties of the missing cocaine incidentally were the officers involved in questioning the Minister in respect of the Amoateng probe.

They were asked to go on leave to pave way for investigations.

Three years on the officers have still not been recalled to office though no report on the missing cocaine has seen the light of the day. Eight months into the NDC government’s administration, the officers are still at home, whist investigations into the assets of both Nii Okai and Eric Amoateng have not been done.

The NDC had insisted on a proper investigation into the Amoateng case.
ATSU, HO 10 years ago

THIS SHOULD NOT BE POLITICIZED AS WELL AS THE MARKET FIRES. LETS ACT PROFESSIONALLY FOR BETTER RESULTS ALWAYS

THIS SHOULD NOT BE POLITICIZED AS WELL AS THE MARKET FIRES. LETS ACT PROFESSIONALLY FOR BETTER RESULTS ALWAYS
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

Ministers???

Ministers???
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

Look at the ministers...

Look at the ministers...
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

Got contract based on merit indeed. Drug trafficking skills? A whole head of airport security aiding and abetting crime. Go figure!

Got contract based on merit indeed. Drug trafficking skills? A whole head of airport security aiding and abetting crime. Go figure!
THE DUNCE 10 years ago

Notice how all the politicians are now singing from the same hymn sheet? SADA/DRUG SMUGGLING/JUDGMENT DEBTS . . . Why? Because in spite of cosmetic differences they are all of them either corrupt or earning favors from it. Co ...
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Notice how all the politicians are now singing from the same hymn sheet? SADA/DRUG SMUGGLING/JUDGMENT DEBTS . . . Why? Because in spite of cosmetic differences they are all of them either corrupt or earning favors from it. Corruption has permeated the bedrock of governance. Like Kenya, it'll be the $100k retirement bonus next.
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 10 years ago

Is Murtala's brain doing aerobics in his head ?

Is he aware that the drugs left Ghana and arrived in the U.S. before the NDC drug baron was arrested ?

Is he telling discerning Ghanaians that the govt allowed the drugs t ...
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Is Murtala's brain doing aerobics in his head ?

Is he aware that the drugs left Ghana and arrived in the U.S. before the NDC drug baron was arrested ?

Is he telling discerning Ghanaians that the govt allowed the drugs to pass through Kotoka to the U.S. to enable the U.S. authorities to arrest the NDC drug baron ?

What do these knuckleheaded, cattle-fondling,utterly clueless quarterwits in govt take we discerning Ghanaians for ?

Did I hear him say the issue should not be politicized ?

So why did the NDC put it in their manifesto then ?

It is really sad to see maggots with the intelligence of pork governing our country.
DAVI 10 years ago

This information ministers is more of a used car salesman,than a minister.He think we are in 2013B.C.NDC Propaganda and lies will not help Ghana.

This information ministers is more of a used car salesman,than a minister.He think we are in 2013B.C.NDC Propaganda and lies will not help Ghana.
Agyaagya 10 years ago

nonsense!

nonsense!
CARDINAL 10 years ago

KWASIA KWASIA Murtala, now that it is an NDC man who has been caught with drugs, you don't want to politicize it but when markets are burning in Ghana, then it is ok to politicize them and we have this idiot cattle herder as ...
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KWASIA KWASIA Murtala, now that it is an NDC man who has been caught with drugs, you don't want to politicize it but when markets are burning in Ghana, then it is ok to politicize them and we have this idiot cattle herder as a Deputy Minister.

What happened to Ghana we have these watchmen without brains telling us how we should think. How did he win the contract? Did you morons do a background investigation of this man? What kind of experience does his company has as an Airport security company?
Yaw Opoku 10 years ago

The USA government commending Ghana for its coperation is just a diplomatic niceties. Will this man has said the same thing if Adelaquaye was an NPP? I guess Amoateng was not a Ghanaian

The USA government commending Ghana for its coperation is just a diplomatic niceties. Will this man has said the same thing if Adelaquaye was an NPP? I guess Amoateng was not a Ghanaian
AKK 10 years ago

I will prefer a cattle herder to a stinking mouth shoeshine boy who operates as an armed robber at night. Waiting for other bush rats like you.

I will prefer a cattle herder to a stinking mouth shoeshine boy who operates as an armed robber at night. Waiting for other bush rats like you.
CARDINAL 10 years ago

Shoeshine boys are busy shining shoes they have no time to do armed robbery. Just check the data in Ghana and 90% of all armed robbery are committed by Northerners and Trokosis. As a matter of fact, more than 80%of all crimes ...
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Shoeshine boys are busy shining shoes they have no time to do armed robbery. Just check the data in Ghana and 90% of all armed robbery are committed by Northerners and Trokosis. As a matter of fact, more than 80%of all crimes are committed by Northerners and Trokosi who are just about 30% of the population in Ghana.

Don't even talk about stinking because we know people who smell really bad in Ghana because of the savannah dust and eczema.
Maame Grace 10 years ago

Right on poing the shoeshine boy is much better than an armed robber and we know where these robbers come from.

Right on poing the shoeshine boy is much better than an armed robber and we know where these robbers come from.
xxx 10 years ago

We all know where most of the executed generals came from dummy! You people started armed robbery long before the nigerians. Look at a stinking carcass trying to turn things around. Everybody knows your hairy-bodies and monk ...
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We all know where most of the executed generals came from dummy! You people started armed robbery long before the nigerians. Look at a stinking carcass trying to turn things around. Everybody knows your hairy-bodies and monkey meat make you stink like corpse. Ewes and northerners are good-looking and clean. You are beneath them by all standards.
Kwaku 10 years ago

Can somebody call Ursula Owusu for me to address this idiot.They spent all their time using drug peddling to discredit NPP,now he is back tracking.Do not be surprise that Murtalla benefited from this man

Can somebody call Ursula Owusu for me to address this idiot.They spent all their time using drug peddling to discredit NPP,now he is back tracking.Do not be surprise that Murtalla benefited from this man
Aj-usa 10 years ago

Hahaha dude,u see what's I personally dislike from murtalla is he is so mean to women.every animal ran but when cow rans everyone thinks it's mad.if u throw the ball to the wall it's bounce back to u.this is political race.

Hahaha dude,u see what's I personally dislike from murtalla is he is so mean to women.every animal ran but when cow rans everyone thinks it's mad.if u throw the ball to the wall it's bounce back to u.this is political race.
Ka Na Wu 10 years ago

Next to be arrested is Mahama and his Batakari entourage

Next to be arrested is Mahama and his Batakari entourage
uma 10 years ago

it is an african outfit. do you see tony blair wearing batakari?

it is an african outfit. do you see tony blair wearing batakari?
KWAME 10 years ago

NDC ...boooooooo....kobolos and criminals. Scrambling for resources as if going out of style. Give us our country back.

NDC ...boooooooo....kobolos and criminals. Scrambling for resources as if going out of style. Give us our country back.
THOMAS 10 years ago

There is no amount of equalization NPP criminals that can make up what they did in this country as far as drug related activities are concerned. We know them.They are serving long jail terms in various countries.We know how A ...
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There is no amount of equalization NPP criminals that can make up what they did in this country as far as drug related activities are concerned. We know them.They are serving long jail terms in various countries.We know how Akufo Addo, their failed and disgraceful being was solidly behidnthe drug trsde in the country, ussueing his relatives and family members with diplomatic passports to facilitate this illigal business.We know how Akufo Addo destroyed thousands of dockets in relation to drug offences in which NPP senior members were seriously involved,when he was the Attorney General.Therefore, the NPP should give us a break. Meanwhile, we are working hard to bring to book, those NPP members who are going aboyt setting fire to markets on the ordes of Akufo Addo. We want to assure them that, we shall get them and deal with them such that, the one who sent them,that Akufo Addo himself will not believe his eyes.No matter what you people do, you will never win any elections in this country again. No wonder, you are attacking Tarzan.We shall see.This country is not for Asante/ Akyems.
Queen 10 years ago

Solomon Adelaquaye, the BIG DRUG BARON is a financier of the NDC and a friend of gbevlo lartey so he
won the contract to operate at the Kotoka International Airport. They knew he was a DRUG dealer. God will expose all of you ...
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Solomon Adelaquaye, the BIG DRUG BARON is a financier of the NDC and a friend of gbevlo lartey so he
won the contract to operate at the Kotoka International Airport. They knew he was a DRUG dealer. God will expose all of you.
OKATAKYIE 10 years ago

I think this guy has a very short memory or has no memory at all. Hon. Amoateng was an MP for only a constituency in Nkoranza and not for even the whole Brong Ahafo; when he was picked in US for drug offence, the whole NPP wa ...
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I think this guy has a very short memory or has no memory at all. Hon. Amoateng was an MP for only a constituency in Nkoranza and not for even the whole Brong Ahafo; when he was picked in US for drug offence, the whole NPP was labeled as a drug peddling party. You see, it is even a waste of time for anyone to follow any nonsense coming from ndc. From Nkrumah to rawlings to the least in ndc, you are all liars, covetious, envious and back-stabbers.
Solo 10 years ago

Respect.

Respect.
ASUOYEBOA 10 years ago

Please USA, poor Ghana urgently needs your help to retrieve the gold shipped to Turkey. Ghana also needs you to assist in divulging ill-gotten assets acquired by people who were, and are, in authority.

Please USA, poor Ghana urgently needs your help to retrieve the gold shipped to Turkey. Ghana also needs you to assist in divulging ill-gotten assets acquired by people who were, and are, in authority.
PILLARS 10 years ago

From the founder to the members of the party are all drug pedllers.If its not cocaine its wee, becos Rawlings was smoking both.

From the founder to the members of the party are all drug pedllers.If its not cocaine its wee, becos Rawlings was smoking both.
AYIGBE KOTOKO 10 years ago

WHO IS THIS MURTALA MAHAMED GUY KRAAA? I SHUDDER TO LISTEN TO HIM, SO STUPID. WE ALL KNOW THE ROLE ATTA MILLS AND THE NDC PLAYED IN GETTING THIS SECURITY MAN THE AIRPORT CONTRACT. ATTA MILLS EVEN WENT THROUGH SEARCH TO PROOF ...
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WHO IS THIS MURTALA MAHAMED GUY KRAAA? I SHUDDER TO LISTEN TO HIM, SO STUPID. WE ALL KNOW THE ROLE ATTA MILLS AND THE NDC PLAYED IN GETTING THIS SECURITY MAN THE AIRPORT CONTRACT. ATTA MILLS EVEN WENT THROUGH SEARCH TO PROOF ...... EVERYONE WHO PLAYED A PART IN GETTING THIS COMPANY THE JOB AT THE AIRPORT IS INVOLVED. PLEASE CIA GET THEM ALL INCLUDING MAHAMA AND ALL THE NDC BIG BOYS.
NANA AMOAKO 10 years ago

Is madam Ama Banyiwaa Doe in Ghana? Has President Mahama Side line Her. I believe SHE has decided not to speak on Radio anymore, since SHE cannot bear the SHAME and DISGRACE Her own party is putting her through. Now what name ...
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Is madam Ama Banyiwaa Doe in Ghana? Has President Mahama Side line Her. I believe SHE has decided not to speak on Radio anymore, since SHE cannot bear the SHAME and DISGRACE Her own party is putting her through. Now what name will she GIVE to her own Party? Narcotic Drugs Congress (NDC)
BENYIWAH DOE (Rat Poison) 10 years ago

am around and would not speak on this matter

am around and would not speak on this matter
Bravo Mike 10 years ago

Please GNA mind how you describe someone who merely owns a security company as a 'security chief'.
Lets stop the wrong usage of 'security' titles that are meant for professional security officers.
Adelaquaye doesnt even kn ...
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Please GNA mind how you describe someone who merely owns a security company as a 'security chief'.
Lets stop the wrong usage of 'security' titles that are meant for professional security officers.
Adelaquaye doesnt even know security intelligence.He is a street guy who thinks he could play smart with the real 'SECURITY CAPOS'. Bravo!! NACOB, NATSEC, BNI, AVSEC, et al.
tijani 10 years ago

idiot, we will politicize it,

idiot, we will politicize it,
ASUMADU EMESEWOELI, HO, VOLTA REGION 10 years ago

WHO DOES THIS MURTALA BOY THINK HE IS? HAS HE GOT THE MORAL RIGHT TO ASK ANYBODY NOT TO POLITICISE ISSUES? INDEED LEADERSHIP HAS FALLEN FOR THE DOGS. GHANA CANNOT PROGRESS WITH SUCH HYPOCRITES.

WHO DOES THIS MURTALA BOY THINK HE IS? HAS HE GOT THE MORAL RIGHT TO ASK ANYBODY NOT TO POLITICISE ISSUES? INDEED LEADERSHIP HAS FALLEN FOR THE DOGS. GHANA CANNOT PROGRESS WITH SUCH HYPOCRITES.
HAWA 10 years ago

The only one who will punish you is GOD.

The only one who will punish you is GOD.
Skotsman 10 years ago

Whewn it is against you, you consider it Ghanaian and not political, but when it is against your opponent, it is right to politicise it? Which kind of procurement process did he go through? Thieves!!!! The man was given the c ...
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Whewn it is against you, you consider it Ghanaian and not political, but when it is against your opponent, it is right to politicise it? Which kind of procurement process did he go through? Thieves!!!! The man was given the contract after he paid huge sums of money to your party and you called in other companies just for formalities. God will continue to punish you people until you leave government. You will..... with all these lies
Barima Yaw 10 years ago

true

true
True True 10 years ago

Collaboration with who? Why wasn't he arrested in Ghana? NDC your days are numbered!!

Collaboration with who? Why wasn't he arrested in Ghana? NDC your days are numbered!!
Kofi 10 years ago

It shouldn't be politicized because he is an NDC financier.

It shouldn't be politicized because he is an NDC financier.
Zongoga 10 years ago

ANOTHER BIG FUUUUL . THIS GHANA POLITICIANS THINK GHANAIANS ARE STUPID OR WHAT ? TO COME OUT AND SAY THIS GUY GOT A CONTRACT ON A FAIR GROUND . HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL GET SUCH A CONTRACT FROM THE NDC OR NPP IF THEY ARE NOT PART ...
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ANOTHER BIG FUUUUL . THIS GHANA POLITICIANS THINK GHANAIANS ARE STUPID OR WHAT ? TO COME OUT AND SAY THIS GUY GOT A CONTRACT ON A FAIR GROUND . HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL GET SUCH A CONTRACT FROM THE NDC OR NPP IF THEY ARE NOT PARTY GURU'S OR FINANCIER TO THE PARTY ?
Peter 10 years ago

This is the most unfortunate statement from an NDC man. Why this one must not be politicized. The culprit we are informed is an NDC financier. This should tell all of us that politicizing issues are not good. Offenders need t ...
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This is the most unfortunate statement from an NDC man. Why this one must not be politicized. The culprit we are informed is an NDC financier. This should tell all of us that politicizing issues are not good. Offenders need to be punished. Again we not just always point fingers without facts. We lie this is a bad example to the youth. Muntaka it is too late. You are one of those who indulge in this.
Nii Akwei 10 years ago

See how Mutula is struggling to defend his party. NDC & NPP are the same: Thieves, corrupt, drug dealers.

See how Mutula is struggling to defend his party. NDC & NPP are the same: Thieves, corrupt, drug dealers.
Kwabena Gyamfi 10 years ago

This arrest is at the heart of politics in Ghana. NDC have had their chief financier arrested for dealing in drugs and Murtala does not want anybody to read politics into it? Mahama is presiding over drug peddlers govt and it ...
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This arrest is at the heart of politics in Ghana. NDC have had their chief financier arrested for dealing in drugs and Murtala does not want anybody to read politics into it? Mahama is presiding over drug peddlers govt and it is so clear. Akrasi Sarpong,Gbevlo Lartey and Mahama are implicated in this for they sanctioned the drug dealings of their financier. They are not sleeping on the job so they cannot claim that they are not aware of what is going on.
Crazy Akrasi Sarpong 10 years ago

What is this Murtala talking about? That political capital shouldn't be made of the arrest in the USA on cocaine trafficking of the CEO of the security firm in charge of the Kotoka International Airport?

Is it because he i ...
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What is this Murtala talking about? That political capital shouldn't be made of the arrest in the USA on cocaine trafficking of the CEO of the security firm in charge of the Kotoka International Airport?

Is it because he is an NDC party financier who had all along enjoyed national security protection or collaboration or both in his cocaine business? This Murtala madman must be joking.

For his information, huge political capital is going to be made of this disgraceful arrest who has gone to expose the real nature of the NDC - a group that falsely accuse its political opponents of what they themselves do.

God has exposed them big time. John Mahama and his NDC will suffer serious disgrace & humiliation before being forced out of the presidency.
Asona Ba 10 years ago

do not be stupid, no one either than an ndc man can get such a crucial job at the airport.Why do you ndc people shy from the truth when your misdeeds come to light?Please give us a break.Only fools will listen to you idiots'

do not be stupid, no one either than an ndc man can get such a crucial job at the airport.Why do you ndc people shy from the truth when your misdeeds come to light?Please give us a break.Only fools will listen to you idiots'
Balawo President 10 years ago

This neophyte called Murtala must recall all what his party said about the arrest of Amoateng in the USA and the NPP.

This neophyte called Murtala must recall all what his party said about the arrest of Amoateng in the USA and the NPP.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

The concern citizens of Ghanaians abroad such as America, Canada, London, Germany, Italy, Australia and Holland, is appealing to the highest court of our country to throw the petitioners foolish and diabolical case that is ha ...
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The concern citizens of Ghanaians abroad such as America, Canada, London, Germany, Italy, Australia and Holland, is appealing to the highest court of our country to throw the petitioners foolish and diabolical case that is hanging on mother Ghana's Neck through the nearest Windows for Ghana to move forward
Leon 10 years ago

the past comes back to haunt those crooks who perpetuated cheap propaganda and ill fabrications against former prez kuffour and the npp.worse times ahead for these narcotic desperate criminals (ndc).

the past comes back to haunt those crooks who perpetuated cheap propaganda and ill fabrications against former prez kuffour and the npp.worse times ahead for these narcotic desperate criminals (ndc).
Agyaagya 10 years ago

Dummy, why are you so stupid,read again understand the subject, then comment,buuloo.

Dummy, why are you so stupid,read again understand the subject, then comment,buuloo.
Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

Seasons of idiocy in Ghana!

Seasons of idiocy in Ghana!
************** 10 years ago

Ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa, "yenka nni w'akyiri a wose agoro yi yede" We all know what the bloated Koku anidoho said when the limping man was arrested. We are all waitig for the names he mentioned up to date. Stupid cheeky propa ...
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Ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa, "yenka nni w'akyiri a wose agoro yi yede" We all know what the bloated Koku anidoho said when the limping man was arrested. We are all waitig for the names he mentioned up to date. Stupid cheeky propaganda bastards!!!!!!!
nana 10 years ago

your cup is full

your cup is full
Nii Akwei 10 years ago

The ex-security chief at Ghana's international airport has been charged in the US with conspiring to smuggle Afghan heroin to New York.

Solomon Adelaquaye was arrested with two Nigerians and a Colombian in May following a ...
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The ex-security chief at Ghana's international airport has been charged in the US with conspiring to smuggle Afghan heroin to New York.

Solomon Adelaquaye was arrested with two Nigerians and a Colombian in May following a joint US-Ghanaian investigation, officials said.

West Africa is a major hub for drugs smuggled from Latin America and Asia to Europe and the US.

The men have not yet commented on the allegations.

"Drug trafficking in West Africa has become a plague," said US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official Derek Maltz.

"These [alleged] criminal groups and their facilitators pose a direct threat to the safety and security of innocent Americans," he added.

US agents disguised themselves as drug dealers, holding meetings with the accused over the past year to buy thousands of dollars worth of Afghan heroin to distribute in Manhattan and the Bronx in New York city, according to the charge sheet, which Ghana's Joy FM news site has published after it was filed with a US district court.
'Multiple shipments'

Mr Adelaquaye was at the time managing director of the privately owned Sohin Security Company, which was in charge of security at the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana's capital, Accra.
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CS-3 gave Adelaquaye $6,000 (£3,900) cash to guarantee the safe passage of the heroin through the airport”

US charge sheet

News of the arrests came barely hours after Ghana's government ordered the airport's management to sever its dealings with the company, reports the BBC's Akwasi Sarpong from Accra.

Mr Adelaquaye is not the first high-profile Ghanaian to be arrested on drug-trafficking charges, he says.

In 2005, an MP, Eric Amoateng, was arrested and is currently serving a jail term in the US for drug trafficking.

Mr Adelaquaye has been charged with Colombian Samuel Antonia Pinedo-Rueda and Nigerians Frank Muodum and Celestine Ofor Orjinweke after an investigation of more than a year by Ghanaian and US anti-drug officers, Ghana's Narcotics Control Board (NCB) said in a statement.

At a meeting on 25 February 2012 at Mr Adelaquaye's office at the airport in Accra, a US agent, named as CS-3, said he had hidden 1kg (2lb 2oz) of heroin in his laptop, the charge sheet alleges.

Mr Adelaquaye then instructed CS-3 to give the computer to an associate of his and after CS-3 passed through the security checkpoint at the airport, it would be returned to him, the charge sheet alleges.

"Also at that meeting, CS-3 gave Adelaquaye $6,000 (£3,900) cash to guarantee the safe passage of the heroin through the airport," it adds.

US agents had also given Mr Orjinweke $28,000 cash at a hotel in Accra on 22 February 2012 for supplying the heroin, and had later sent him a further $4,000 from New York, the charge sheet alleges.

It adds that at a separate meeting in Accra in May 2013, another US agent, posing as a Colombian dealer, discussed with Mr Adelaquaye, Mr Muodum and Mr Orjinweke a plan to supply them with 3,000kg of cocaine, valued at $25,000 per kilogram, in exchange for an amount of heroin of similar value.

"Adelaquaye, Muodum, and Orjinweke told CS-2 [the agent] that they could transport the heroin to the United States by airplane in multiple shipments of 25kg each," the charge sheet alleges.

The Ghanaian and Nigerians were arrested in New York soon thereafter, while Mr Pinedo-Rueda was apprehended in Colombia and is awaiting extradition to the US, the DEA said, in a statement.

In October 2011, The Gambia sentenced eight foreigners to 50 years each in prison for trying to smuggle two tonnes of cocaine from Latin America to Europe.

West Africa has emerged as a busy route for drugs from Latin America to Europe and the US, with cartels taking advantage of the region's poverty and weak border controls.
OKYEMAN TE ASE,GHANA NKWA SO 10 years ago

Tweaa! Are these sakatumbe boys ministers of states? Look at their
faces. They don't,even, look like inhabitants of this earth. What is wrong with Mahama? Are there no men
and women of principles in the NDC
party, rather ...
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Tweaa! Are these sakatumbe boys ministers of states? Look at their
faces. They don't,even, look like inhabitants of this earth. What is wrong with Mahama? Are there no men
and women of principles in the NDC
party, rather than this very unscrupulous imps, Mutarla and the
little saucy boy Ofosu Kwaakye? John Mahama is a big joke who is bound to fail. He is repeating the same mistakes Atta Mills did. That is turning a blind eyes to the wrongs of this hooligans within the party.
Look at how these boys castigate
presidential candidates of the opposition party, and Mahama refuses
to reprimand them. When the NDC painted Nana Addo, black and white in the media, showing him making a perverse moves towards an unknown
woman. When they failed to intimidate
this patriot of mother Ghana, they
retorted to a more dangerous approach. They move heaven and earth to tarnish his reputation so that the populace will not vote for him.
They portrayed him as a weed smoker,
a womanizer and above all, an enemy to Islam, who desecrated a mosque in the north by urinating on it. This could have caused Nana Addo his death
as well as a civil unrest in Ghana, but thanks be to GOD, the people of the HOLY KORAN outsmarted them. Shame, therefore, to the NDC and their diabolic ways. Mills and his vice, Mahama said nothing, because it was not about them. It was about J.J, Kuffuor, and Nana Addo, so it was Ok, eh? It goes on unchecked. Now,the same rod is being used by the opposition against the sitting president, and they are feeling the pinch, causing their arrest. Hmm. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Asem beba da bi

The end result was the so called infamous picture of him having sex.

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