Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight,
Ken Kuranchie has tongue-lashed President John Dramani Mahama and his
government over their ineptitude to clamp down on drug barons in the
country.
Ken Kuranchie chided the Mahama government, Director of
the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) Akrasi Sarpong and Gbevlo Lartey,
National Security Coordinator for their inability to rid the country of
illegal drug issues.
The Monday edition of the Daily Searchlight
reported that a huge consignment of drugs which were seized at the
Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and kept under the custody of a
Deputy Director of NACOB, Mr. Lamptey Blankson, was missing.
The
reason being that the drug barons "who dispatched the drugs through a
courier are chasing the courier for five kilos of the drug, officials at
NACOB have only been able to declare a weight of 1 kilo 70 grams. All
told, the five kilos of the drug would have a street value of about
$15,000.00."
The newspaper also accused the NACOB, National
Security and government of having "tapes and credible eyewitness
testimony actually linking the drug barons to drug dealing and
exportation" but "no arrests have been made since May 13, 2011."
Speaking
on Oman FM, Ken Kuranchie recounted that a man whom the drug barons
contacted to dispatch the kilos of cocaine abroad in 2011, in turn
informed the National Security which gave him some Security Apparatus
and assistance to track the drug barons.
But unfortunately, the
drug barons though caught by security cameras were left off the hook
while the informer (courier) was rather detained by the National
Security for apparently "helping them (National Security) to discover
the drugs."
Now, according to Ken Kuranchie, the informer is
living like a "tramp" on the streets of Accra because of threats from
the barons who are asking for a return of the drugs.
Ken
Kuranchie expressed disappointment in the government, NACOB and National
Security for turning the wrath of the drug barons on the informer when
what he did was noble, just to ensure that "the drug barons are
uncovered."
He appealed to the authorities to re-visit the case and get to the bottom of it, thereby safeguarding the life of the informer.
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