Mood Digital Services Ltd (MDSL), a technology company, has donated 50 HP laptops and other information technology equipment to the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) to strengthen the Commission’s IT-led and regional operations.

The donation is also expected to enhance NACOC’s intelligence-gathering capabilities, particularly in efforts to detect and disrupt narcotics-related activities conducted through digital and cyber platforms.

Other items presented to the Commission included an industrial printer, two servers, two 2,000VA UPS units, five projectors, a drone and drone bag, four all-in-one computers, 10 1,200VA UPS units and five iPads.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony at the NACOC headquarters, the Director-General of the Commission, Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, thanked the management of MDSL for supporting the Commission in the discharge of its mandate.

He said the equipment would improve the Commission’s operational capacity and assured that the items would be put to good use.

Major General Obuba Mantey said the changing nature of illicit drug trafficking and abuse, particularly the use of cyber platforms by persons involved in the trade, had become a major concern for the Commission.

He said NACOC was working to strengthen its capacity to identify and combat emerging forms of drug trafficking, including those facilitated through digital platforms.

The Director-General also appealed to other corporate institutions to partner with NACOC and support efforts to address the growing threat posed by drug trafficking and abuse in Ghana.

The Chief Executive Officer of Mood Digital Services Ltd, Daniel Afari, said stronger collaboration between the private sector and NACOC was necessary to enable the Commission to effectively fulfil its mandate.

He said the company’s support would be sustained and extended to NACOC’s regional commands to strengthen their technological capabilities.

Mr Afari also disclosed that his team would continue to partner with the Commission on its proposed mandatory drug testing exercise by providing technical and logistical support.

He said the partnership forms part of MDSL’s commitment to using technology to support national efforts to combat illicit drug trafficking and abuse.