Two men have been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly dealing in unregistered drugs following their arrest by the Ghana Police Service.
The accused, Bright Akaglah, a 32-year-old driver, and Iddrisu Alhassan, a 34-year-old businessman, have been charged with abetment of crime and offering for sale unregistered drugs. Their pleas were not taken.
The court declined a bail application, citing ongoing investigations and the possibility that granting bail could interfere with the process. The case has been adjourned to April 1, 2026.
According to the prosecution, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Raymond Ackon, the arrest was carried out by personnel of the National Highway Patrol Unit at the Police Headquarters in Accra.
Akaglah, a resident of Aflao, and Alhassan, who resides in Nima, were apprehended on March 13, 2026, at about 9:40 p.m. after police, acting on intelligence, intercepted a Benz vehicle with registration number GE 6862-W on the Tema Motorway.
A search of the vehicle revealed 10 brown cartons containing suspected unregistered drugs, including Timaking 250mg.
During interrogation, Akaglah reportedly told police that the items had been handed to him by an unidentified individual in Aflao for delivery to Alhassan in Accra, for a fee of GH¢500.
He later led officers to Pig Farm, where Alhassan was arrested while allegedly preparing to receive the consignment.
Subsequent examination of the cartons, conducted in the presence of the suspects, uncovered 500 packets of Timaking 250mg, amounting to 50,000 smaller boxes.
While Akaglah denied ownership of the drugs in his caution statement, Alhassan admitted ownership and identified a supplier named Rashid, believed to be based in Aflao.
The case has since been handed over to the Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department for further investigations. The seized drugs are also expected to be forwarded to the Food and Drugs Authority for analysis.
Police say efforts are ongoing to track down the alleged supplier and other accomplices involved in the operation.
