Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at Bunkpurugu district in the North East Region have intercepted a cocoa beans smuggling attempt to neighbouring Togo.
The Bunkprugu Sector Command on Sunday, April 7, at about 10 pm confiscated twenty-five (25) bags of cocoa beans being smuggled from Kauk, a border community to Togo via an unapproved route.
According to the command, the OIC and his Operations Commander, upon a tip-off quickly mobilized eight other officers to the said village to lay ambush where the interception took place.
The two unlicensed vehicle operators transporting the cargo have since been apprehended and are currently in the custody of the Ghana Immigration Service in Bunkpurugu.
