The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has handed over 17 gold bars, valued at $1.7 million, to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) at a brief ceremony held at the Ministry of the Interior in Accra.
The gold bars were confiscated by officers from the Upper East Regional Command of NACOC at the Paga border post.
They were intercepted from two Burkinabè nationals who were attempting to smuggle the precious metal out of the country.
The individuals involved have since been charged with offences relating to the transportation and unauthorised dealing in gold.
