The Narcotics Control Board has confirmed the arrest of two British teenage girls at the Kotoka International Airport allegedly carrying £300,000 worth of cocaine in laptop bags. The two 16-year-olds, were arrested on July 2 as they were about to board a British Airways flight to London. They have been named as Yasemin Vatansever, a British citizen of Cypriot descent and Yatunde Diya, also a British citizen with Nigerian descent. The girls face provision charges of possessing narcotics without lawful authority and attempting to export narcotic drugs. They were allegedly found to be carrying 6.5kg of drugs. The Narcotic Board's Deputy Executive Secretary, Mark Ewunpomah told The Telegraph newspaper: "They were carrying drugs from Ghana to Britain. It was cocaine. It was in laptop bags. The laptops had been removed. They put 3 kg in each bag." He said the girls were expected to be formally charged with possessing narcotic drugs and attempting to export drugs, for which the minimum sentence is 10 years. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said officers from the British Embassy have been supporting the two girls. She said: "Next of kin have been informed and we are providing full consular assistance." The arresting officers were part of Operation Westbridge, a project set up by Britain and Ghana to tackle drug smugglers using Accra airport as a gateway to Britain and the European mainland. The suspects are in police custody. Officials of the Narcotics Board have launched a hunt for two Ghanaian accomplices identified only as Kwame and Emmanuel who are said to be at large. An uncle of one of the girls, who is called Yasmin, told ITV News: "These girls have apparently had all their clothes taken away from them, and all they have is the set of clothes in which they got arrested. "They've not been given proper food, the British consulate have been helping out by giving them some food, but all they've been getting is water and biscuits. These girls are held with adults, other criminals, who are much older than them."