Ghanaian Times

The Ghanaian Times reports that four officials of Saga Ghana Limited, a shipping agency at Tema,were yesterday picked by the security agencies in connection with the discovery of compact parcels concealed in three out of 400 bags of rice in a 200-footer container at the Tema Harbour.

Three bags of the consignment were each found stuffed with 2,22 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine which were delivered by the vessel "CMBT Asia" at the Tema Port on March 20, this year.

The suspects: Ken Arthur, Shipping Manager of Saga, Emmanuel Thompson-Addo, Deputy General Manager, Sanniez Cornelius of Nedleyd Shipping and J.T.B. Addison, Import and Claims Manager of Saga, were picked up at their offices on the orders of the Minister in charge of National Security, Mr Kofi Totobi Quakyi.

The Times says that last Monday, following a tip-off officials of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), security agencies and the Narcotics Control Board, led journalists to inspect a 200-footer container shipped from Surinam through Britain to the Tema Harbour. Upon examination of all the 400 bags of rice in the container, three parcels of suspected cocaine, each weighing 2.22 kilogrammes were discovered.