Nayele coke saga: Drug kingpin Dawood nabbed by BNI

The businessman alleged to have masterminded the trafficking of 12.5 kilos of cocaine to the UK through a lady courier, Nayele Ametefeh, has been nabbed by the Bureau of National Investigations.

Muhammed Dawood’s arrest brings to 13 the number of people picked up so far by the security agencies over the Nayele cocaine saga.

Three of those arrested have been charged with abetment of crime, exportation of narcotic drugs, contrary to sections 56 (c) and 1 (1) of the Narcotic Drugs (Control, Enforcement and Sanctions) Act, 1990 (PNDC law 236).

They include a deputy director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abiel Ashitey Armah, Ahmed Abubakar, Protocol Officer and Kissi Theophilus.

The others are Nana Akua Amponsah and Sadalia Sandra Nuhu, the women who had travelled with Ametefeh but believed to have abandoned their luggage and absconded from the Heathrow International Airport on realising that Ametefeh, alias Ruby Adu-Gyamfi, had been arrested by officials of Her Majesty's Border Agency.

The rest are Paa Kwesi Acquah, Sandra’s boyfriend; Mustapha Kilba, a cousin of Akua Amponsah, and Faisal Khadar, an American.

Dawood, who is alleged to have facilitated the entire cocaine haul was arrested at Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport upon arrival from Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, reports the state-owned Daily Graphic.

Ametefeh, who is currently in the custody of UK authorities recently appeared before the Isleworth Crown Court in London where she pleaded guilty and demanded an early sentence. The Court, however, deferred sentencing to January 5, 2015.