President John Dramani Mahama has convened a high-level meeting with key security, port, maritime and law-enforcement agencies to discuss measures to strengthen Ghana’s borders and prevent the trafficking of narcotic drugs.
The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 17, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. at the Jubilee House in Accra.
An invitation issued by the Office of the President on Monday, September 14 said the meeting will focus on “measures to strengthen Ghana’s border security and prevent the trafficking of narcotic drugs and other illicit substances through the country’s ports, airports and land borders.”
The discussions will include a review of existing security vulnerabilities, intelligence-sharing arrangements, cargo and passenger screening systems, inter-agency coordination and the deployment of technology to detect and disrupt narcotics trafficking.
Participants have also been asked to provide assessments of security gaps and propose practical measures to improve intelligence sharing, surveillance, screening and joint enforcement operations.
“Given the urgency and national-security implications, your personal attendance is required,” the invitation stated.
The meeting brings together officials from several institutions responsible for Ghana’s borders, ports, intelligence and drug enforcement, including the Finance and Foreign Affairs Ministers, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority.
The rest are Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Ghana Maritime Authority, Ghana Navy, National Intelligence Bureau, Ghana Police Service-CID/INTERPOL, Narcotics Control Commission and Ghana Airports Company Limited.
The development comes days after French customs seized nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine, valued at about €225 million (US$261.45 million), from a container of plastic waste that arrived at the port of Dunkirk from Ghana. French authorities have opened an investigation into the criminal network allegedly behind the shipment.
The Ghana-linked seizure has already triggered action by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), which on Monday announced the arrest of three suspects allegedly connected to Dutch fugitive Jos Leijdekkers, popularly known as “Bolle Jos.”
NACOC said the suspects were in its custody and assisting investigators to establish their alleged roles in the trafficking operation.
