Very reliable information reaching the media indicates that the 380 slabs of cocaine intercepted by the Police Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU) officials at Atabadze Barrier in the Central Region barely a week ago could be a tip of the iceberg. A large chunk of the stuff, which was then sitting in a residence at Awudome, a suburb of Accra, was whisked away to another location in the same neighbourhood minutes after news of the June 29 arrest broke, DAILY GUIDE gathered. There is also every cause to suspect, from unfolding revelations, that the Atabadze cocaine group is an offshoot of known drug cartels that had operated in the country in the past. The source revealed further that no sooner had word reached the nation’s capital that Samuel Mills-Robertson, alias Nii Agoe had been arrested in the Central Region than a number of his close pals broke into his residence to relocate several kilogrammes of cocaine which had been sitting in one of his rooms for weeks. One of his confidantes (name withheld for security reasons) who was said to be the son of a notable politician, allegedly led a group to whisk away the drugs to another ‘haven’ in the locality. Three other accomplices, Derrick Armah Kwateng, 48, civil/cable contractor, David Agyemfra (a.k.a. Chuku Owura), 30, herbalist cum orthopaedic specialist, and Charles Lartey, 33, trader, are also facing two counts of conspiracy and possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority. Interestingly there seems to be a striking similarity between the Atabadze arrest and previous cocaine hauls. Like the notorious 388-kilogramme East Legon Cocaine saga, in which a number of Ghanaians and Columbians were jailed, this one too is connected to some citizens of the South American country. For now one Javi, a Columbian, and Mike Ben, alias Osu, a Ghanaian, are being hunted by the police in connection with the Atabadze seizure. Another striking similarity is that, just as one of the prime suspects in the missing 76 parcels aboard the MV Benjamin was a ‘limping man’ because he had a problem with one leg, Mills-Robertson (Agoe), the 49-year old auto mechanic, is also an amputee and consequently limps on an artificial leg. DAILY GUIDE gathered that he had a fatal accident as a teenager and his leg amputated. It was not surprising therefore that he could not run when his vehicle was intercepted by the police. News of his arrest shocked friends who live around the Accra suburbs of Awudome and Kaneshie. They say his lifestyle has changed in recent times but they had no idea he was a drug baron. The arrest of Mills-Robertson and his accomplices has opened a new chapter in the drug menace in the country. It would be recalled that following the arrest, Mills-Robertson initially tried to protect Derrick Armah Koranteng, the owner of the drug, claiming he was a brother. He told the police that the 48-year old civil contractor and managing director of Kwamerk Construction Limited just lent him his vehicle for a business trip to the Western Region, but deep-throat investigations indicated that it was false. Officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and CID personnel in pursuant of the facts, recently stormed the North Kaneshie offices of the drug baron, who was also suspected of dealing in the mass cultivation and export of Indian Hemp. Like the Ningo Cocaine of 2006, the suspects also attempted to bribe the police to the tune of $5,000 in order to ‘kill’ the case, but they failed in their bid. Meanwhile DAILY GUIDE has information that Mills and partners were transferring the cocaine haul in batches from its source in the Western Region to a house at Awudome when he ran out of luck. Upon his arrest certain members of his family and friends quickly dashed to move the already deposited ‘stuff’ from one house to the other. It is suspected that undergrounds have been built in some of the homes to keep the illicit drug stashed there. A sortie by the security forces however has yielded no result but there is a sharp look out in the vicinity for suspicious movements as sources strongly believe that the goods are still in or around Awudome and Kaneshie. Source: Daily Guide