The Ada Foah Detachment of the Riverine Command of the Ghana Navy on 16th of December 2023 intercepted a canoe suspected to be carrying narcotics at the Agorkpo general area.

According to a press release signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Marteye on behalf of Brigadier-General Eric Aggrey-Quashie, the Director General, Public Relations Department of the Ghana Armed Forces, the operation to intercept the vessel was undertaken in the morning between 3am and 8am.

The detachment task with the operation acted on intelligence gathered during night foot patrols on Friday, 15th December 2023.

“The Detachment laid ambush at two locations from 3am waiting for the movement of the canoes. At about 4am, the first Ambush Team sighted 3 canoes involved in the illegality proceeding at high speed past their location.

Unfortunately, the suspects did not proceed toward the direction of the main Ambush Team as anticipated, so the first team of three men chased and intercepted the third canoe. The three suspects on the third canoe dived into the river and escaped, abandoning the canoe and its contents after a scuffle with the naval personnel.

The other two canoes escaped towards the estuary and could not be apprehended by the main Ambush team after a follow-up up chase,” the statement explained.

The Detachment, according to the statement, confiscated 45 sacks of suspected marijuana which have been conveyed to Naval Base in Tema for further investigations.