Nayele cocaine haul: Three questioned by security agencies

Starrfmonline.com has gathered that three people have been picked up and interrogated by security officials in connection with the recent arrest of a Ghanaian lady at Heathrow Airport with 12.5kgs of cocaine worth 5 million Euros.

They were picked up through local surveillance mounted on them by the security agencies.

The three were interrogated by officers from the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).

The interrogation, according to sources, forms part of NACOB’s investigations into the cocaine saga, which has sparked a flurry of controversy.

Nayele Ametefeh was arrested at Heathrow by UK officials on November 9/10. She hid 10kgs of cocaine in her briefcase and another 2kgs in her luggage.

The Government of Ghana has come out to state that Ametefeh travelled on an Austrian passport, rather than a diplomatic passport as earlier reported. The Government also confirmed that Ametefeh holds an ordinary Ghanaian passport.

However, an Austrian Newspaper, Kronen Zeitung (Crowns newspaper), in its November 20, 2014 edition published Ametefeh’s story with the headline: “DRUG DEALER WITH DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT.”

The paper said in German, “A person landing with 12.5 kilos of cocaine in her suitcase in one of the well-guarded airports in the world must either be absolutely stupid or must have the most rock solid belief that she is securely guarded by some superior powers.

“In this case the statements from the authorities differ when it comes to the Austrian lady who was caught in London. She is Ghanaian born and the lady pulled out her Ghanaian diplomatic passport to help her gain smooth entry with her stash.

“There were 10 packets in the case, which is the equivalent of 5 million Euros, in her carry-on suitcase causing a lot of commotion at Heathrow airport.

“The mysterious dealer pulled out her diplomatic passport but it didn`t help her much. Then she pulled out her red white coloured EU passport which was issued in Linz in 2010. But the Austrian identity didn`t help her get past the aviation security either. After which a third document appeared which made the security even more anxious.”