Frederick Bwogo with the cocaine
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested a Ugandan for trafficking narcotics at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
The accused, Bwogo Federick, 53, was picked up by NACOB operatives upon arrival on board Ethiopian Airline flight ET 921 from Kampala-Uganda when he was going through arrival formalities at the KIA on April 25, 2018.
The NACOB officials suspected that he had ingested narcotic drug suspected to be cocaine and when his urine sample was tested, it proved positive.
Mr Bwogo was later transported to the NACOB Headquarters and placed on observation where within a period of 48 hours, he expelled 67 pellets.
The pellets were field tested and proved positive for narcotic drug.
Initially, he told NACOB investigators that a Pakistani in Kampala gave the drugs to him to be given to one Ahmed also a Pakistani in Ghana.
He, however, told prosecutors in court that he was rather sent by a Ugandan national in Kampala to deliver the drugs to one Ahmed, also a Ugandan national in Ghana for a fee of $1,500 without knowing the name of the sender.
He added that the person who gave the narcotic drug to him, also purchased his ticket for him to travel to Ghana, adding that Ahmed was to pay his share after delivering the drug to him in Ghana.
The accused has been remanded into prison custody pending final determination of the case.
NACOB admonished the public to desist from delivering parcels for and on behalf of others, as it has been the conduit for trafficking narcotics.
“The public is therefore encouraged to voluntarily provide information leading to the successful arrest of persons suspected to be indulging in nefarious activities, especially in narcotics related acts.”