Seven long-haul trucks transporting export goods to Burkina Faso were impounded by National Security operatives in the Ashanti Region on July 13, 2025.
The National Security claimed the trucks were impounded on suspicion of diverting goods, as the vehicles were intercepted unloading the goods in Kumasi rather than continuing to their intended destination.
According to National Security, the trucks were cleared at the Tema Port and destined for neighboring Burkina Faso; however, they suspected that the vehicles diverted from their route in an attempt to evade border duty payments.
The trucks were intercepted at Nkawkaw, in the Eastern Region, and escorted to Kumasi as part of investigations by National Security officials to ascertain the actual destination.
