The Minister of Transport, Mr.

Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has revealed that some staff of Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) who were implicated in a cocaine smuggling scandal at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have now been reinstated after investigations.

The Transport Minister made the statement when he appeared before the Assurance Committee of Parliament to respond to some assurances, promises as well as issues raised on the floor of Parliament pertaining to his ministry.

It was alleged in March, 2023, that a staff of the GACL had smuggled 8.5 Kilograms of a substance suspected to be Cocaine through KIA but was subsequently busted at Brussels Airport by the Belgian authorities.