Airport cocaine smuggling scandal: Ablakwa makes fresh revelations

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed new details regarding the cocaine smuggling scandal at Kotoka International Airport.

He revealed that a letter he encountered indicates that key suspects who have been interdicted in the scandal will continue to receive two-thirds of their salaries during the ongoing investigations.

Ablakwa voiced his anger over the unseemly acts of the airport staff, which he believes tarnished the nation's reputation internationally and could have future repercussions for the state.

“Intercepted letters of interdiction in the ongoing Ghana Airport Cocaine Smuggling Scandal reveal that the key suspects are to enjoy two-thirds of their salaries while on interdiction.

It will be recalled that the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) interdicted all staff involved in the recent cocaine smuggling case at Kotoka International Airport.

The Herald Newspaper reported that the scandal came to light after the arrest of a substantial amount of illegal drugs at Brussels Airport in Belgium, with indications that the cocaine had been smuggled through KIA on a Royal Air Maroc flight, aided by a GACL staff member on March 23, 2024.

Proeger Delgey Bianca, a Dutch national, was caught at Brussels Airport with eight and a half (8.5) kilograms of suspected cocaine, allegedly transported through KIA on the specified date.