The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) has destroyed 3.3 tonnes of cocaine, estimated to be worth $350 million, after intercepting the narcotics hidden in a tipper truck travelling from Cape Coast to Accra in March 2025.
According to a report by citinewsroom.com, the destruction exercise was carried out on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the Bundase Military Base.
The operation followed a series of confirmatory tests and was witnessed by the trial judge, state prosecutors, and officials from both the NIB and the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC).
Other confiscated narcotic and pharmaceutical substances seized by NACOC were also destroyed as part of the exercise.
