Security expert, Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has warned Ghana could be taken over by drug barons if a bi-partisan approach is not adopted to tackle the menace.
He said the drug trade is a major assault on West Africa’s weak states and thus “in ten years time if we are not careful, the country would have been taken over by the narcotics gangs”.
Dr. Aning’s warning comes after the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) in collaboration with it internal counterpart impounded a ship at the Sekondi Naval Base carrying 400 kilograms cocaine with a street value of 50 million dollars.
The ship ATIYAH, George-Town was intercepted following a tip-off from Ghana’s international security partners. Five persons, four Guyanese and a Ghanaian arrested on board the ship Tuesday, are currently being interrogated by NACOB officials.
In an interview with JoyFM’s Top Story Wednesday, Dr. Aning, who is head of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre noted that the arrest will not be the last since the drug barons are now using new methods in order to outwit the security agencies.
