A team of Ghana Navy personnel from Naval Base Nutekpor on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, conducted an intelligence-led anti-illegal bunkering operation along the Abeliakorpe and Atokukorpe landing beaches in Aflao, Volta Region.
A statement issued on Friday, January 16, 2026 by Veronica Adzo Arhin, Acting Director General of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, the coordinated raid took place from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.
The raid targeted several stash houses and makeshift structures, resulting in the seizure of 162 of 25 litre-gallons of fuel and 32 of 200 litre-barrels filled with fuel.
In a related operation on Thursday, January 15, 2026, the Ghana Navy again accosted seven modified specially built canoes known as ‘Dendes’ suspected of illicit bunkering along the Keta-Denu-Aflao coastline in the Volta Region.
The seized canoes contained 378 empty barrels engineered for smuggling of fuel at sea. The canoes were seized and towed to the Tema Harbour after the perpetrators fled upon spotting the Navy Ship.
The Ghana Navy remains dedicated to its mission of securing the nation’s maritime domain and urges coastal communities to report suspicious activities, thereby protecting national security, marine biodiversity and the sustainability of the country’s blue economy.
