The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has assured Ghanaians that the Commission remains committed to the fight against drug trafficking despite recent drug busts linked to Ghana.
He said such incidents should not automatically be seen as failures by the Commission, but rather as opportunities to identify weaknesses in the country’s drug control systems and address them.
According to him, controlled drug deliveries and interceptions sometimes help security agencies identify loopholes and individuals involved in the illicit trade.
“Control delivery is not to just get it pass to the other end, sometimes it is to identify loopholes in our own system,” he said.
Speaking to the media after the Commission destroyed seized drugs at Bundase, Major General Mantey urged the public to remain confident in NACOC’s work, noting that the Commission had been empowered and mandated to lead the fight against narcotics.
He further claimed that Ghana’s recent anti-drug operations had earned the country recognition among its international partners, who, he said, had described Ghana as a “no-go area” for drugs.
“As human as people are and as susceptible as they are, who knows what they will do and that enables us to identify persons who are involved.
“So let us pipe down and be rest assured that the Commission that we have empowered and mandated to fight drug is doing well,” he stated.
The NACOC Director-General stressed that the fight against narcotics required the collective effort of all citizens and should not be left to the Commission alone.
“It is a responsibility that each individual must partake. Don’t leave it to Narcotics alone,” he said.
He pledged that the Commission would not relent despite the challenges it faces, vowing to pursue drug traffickers wherever they operate.
“We will do our best, we will not give up no matter the challenges we face. We will go after them wherever they are and at the end of the day, we will win the war,” he added.
