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The troubled yet troublesome Wikileaks cables rummaging nations across the globe has its snowballing damnations hitting Ghana as the Guardian goes public with a detailed account of how security operatives engaged in the fight against drug trafficking are tipping off “couriers” with information of when it is “safe” to board flights to avoid being arrested.
President John Evans Atta Mills is also quoted as expressing fears persons in his own entourage could be engaged in smuggling drugs through the presidential lounge of the Kotoka airport and therefore asked a senior UK customs official in November 2009 for help to screen them but "in the privacy of his suite to avoid any surprises if they are caught carrying drugs".
According to the leaked cables, not only are officers of the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) actively helping traffickers and even calling the criminals on their mobile phones to tell them when to travel to avoid detection, they are also noted to sabotage sensitive drug scanners provided to the government of Ghanaian while channeling passengers, including pastors and bank managers and their wives, into the security-exempt VVIP lounge despite suspicions they were trafficking drugs.
The leaked cables touch both the Kufuor administration and the present Mills reign, as evident in the full report culled and republished below.
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