COCOBOD impounds 130 bags of ‘smuggled cocoa’ at Mpraeso

The National Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Task Force division of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has intercepted some smuggled cocoa beans at Mpraeso in the Kwahu South Municipality of the Eastern Region.

The 130 bags of cocoa beans which were smuggled through Suhum to Mpraeso, were planned to be smuggled through to Afram Plains River in the Kwahu Afram Plains South, where they would have made a subsequent exit to Volta Region and then finally into Togo.

The smugglers according to sources had concealed the 130 bags of cocoa beans under chippings in the tipper truck, which has been identified as a new modus operandi, to swindle security officers at various checkpoints.

The MCE who charged his colleague DCEs and MCEs to remain vigilant and tighten security, vowed to clamp down on activities of cocoa smugglers.

But I say emphatically, that no smuggled goods will bypass our supervision here.

“So, I’m stating this, and also charging my fellow MMDCEs, whoever is positioned at an entry point should be vigilant

Security agencies should also be vigilant