Two large wooden boats carrying 117 sacks of substances suspected to be marijuana, with an estimated street value of more than US$1 million has been intercepted by the Ghana Navy in an intelligence-led operation on the Volta Lake estuary at Ada in the Greater Accra Region.
The operation, conducted by the Riverine Command of the Ghana Navy at about 1 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2026, prevented the suspected consignment from being transported outside the country via the sea.
They were in the preparatory stages of transporting the narcotics to Nigeria.
The suspects fled the scene and abandoned the boat when they saw Navy personnel approaching.
The boats were subsequently moved to Ada Foah, where they were searched at about 5 a.m. in the presence of officials of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC).
The search revealed 117 sacks containing approximately 80 packs of suspected marijuana each, bringing the estimated total weight of the consignment to 4.8 tons.
NACOC have received the seized substances from the Ghana Navy.
