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Ghana busts drug trafficking gang with heroin worth over 1 mln USD

Xinhua, March 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

An alleged drug trafficking gang operating between East and West Africa has been busted at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, local media reported Thursday.

The four suspects were said to have been arrested in two separate operations, resulting in the seizure of 13 kilograms of heroin with a street value of over one million U.S. dollars.

Ten parcels of the drug were reportedly discovered in an enamel bowl, while seven were found under the cushion of a baby pram.

The suspects are from Nigeria and Uganda, Deputy Executive Secretary of Ghana's Narcotics Control Board, Nii Lantey Blankson, told the state-run Daily Graphic. Endi