#Ghana Ministry Of Foreign Affairs In Cocaine Saga!


An Assistant Director at the Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Abiel Ashitey Armah has been arrested over her complicacy in a cocaine saga.

Two others, Theophilus Kissi of the Research Department attached to the VVIP Lounge at the Kotoka International Airport and one Abubakar Ahmed has also been arrested for allegedly aiding one Ms. Ametefeh to transport the about 12 kilogrammes of cocaine to Britain.

Ashitey Armah who is the Assistant Director in charge of the VVIP Lounge at the Kotoka International Airport was arrested last Thursday for allegedly allowing one Ms Ametefeh and two other women to use the VVIP lounge on November 9 to board their flight and Ms Armah was subsequently arrested at the UK's Heathrow International Airport in London on November 10 for possessing 12.5 kilogrammes of cocaine.

According to preliminary investigations by the Ghanaian Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) indicated that Ashitey Armah allegedly ordered Kissi and Ahmed to meet and escort Ametefeh and the two other through the VVIP Lounge; which they did.

The acting Director of Passports, Alexander Ntrakwa has also been questioned by the BNI over the matter, ghanaweb.com reported.

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