A team of Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officers stationed at the Akanu Sector Command, with support from Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division officers, has intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled cocoa beans attempting to cross into Togo.
According to a press release issued and signed by Assistant Commissioner of Immigration, Michael Amoako-Atta, and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Sunday in Accra, the operation was carried out following intelligence received by GIS officers.
The truck, with registration number AS 2103-W, was stopped at the Ave-Havi border post and was found to contain 1,115 gallons stuffed with cocoa beans.
The statement further indicated that the cocoa beans have been handed over to COCOBOD officials, while the truck has been impounded.
