The Tema Regional Police Command has seized a canoe loaded with 3,752 slabs of suspected Indian hemp during an intelligence-led operation on the Volta Lake at Ada in the Greater Accra Region. The consignment, packed in 53 sacks, was recovered along with two outboard motors, 30 yellow gallons of petrol and premix fuel, a cutlass and other items, after the suspects transporting it fled and abandoned the vessel. According to a police statement issued on Wednesday, November 11, the operation followed intelligence that suspected narcotic drugs were being moved from Jemeniweres through the Volta Lake towards Ada. Marine Police officers first proceeded to Mepe in the Volta Region, but found the suspects had already fled in their canoes, prompting the team to move to Big Ada in pursuit.
At about 11:10 p.m. on November 4, 2026, officers intercepted the suspects at Agorta Island, Ada, but they escaped into the river, leaving the canoe behind. Police retrieved the vessel and conveyed it with its contents to the Marine Police Base at Ada, and a subsequent search of the 53 sacks at the Regional Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Tema on November 5 revealed 3,752 compressed and cello-taped slabs of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The suspected narcotics have been secured as exhibits pending examination. No arrests have been made so far, but investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend those involved, with the Command urging the public to provide credible information to support efforts to disrupt drug trafficking through the region’s waterways.
