The Ghana Police Service has arrested 50 suspects during a major anti-narcotics operation at Madina Market in the Greater Accra Region.
The intelligence-led exercise, carried out on Thursday, May 7, by the Inspector-General of Police Special Operations Team, targeted the supply and distribution of narcotic substances within the area.
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, May 8, 2026 Director-General of Police Operations, Emmanuel Teye Cudjoe, said the suspects comprise 46 males and four females.
According to preliminary investigations, 25 of the suspects are Ghanaians, while the remaining include 13 Nigerians, nine Nigeriens, one Malian, one Togolese and one Burkinabe national.
Police identified two suspects; Abigail Oku, 26, and Mohammed Zaya, a Nigerian national as alleged leaders heading the drug network operating in the enclave.
Two other Nigerians, Yousef Abubakar, 25, and Ahmadu Alfani, 43, were also named as shop owners involved in the sale and distribution of narcotic substances.
COP Cudjoe disclosed that several items were retrieved during the operation, including 230 boxes of tramadol valued at GH¢130,000, 49 boxes of wrappers worth GH¢26,000, and 10 parcels of suspected Indian hemp estimated at GH¢15,000.
Other items seized included 13 boxes of suspected narcotic substances, mobile phones, scissors, knives and other materials linked to drug-related activities.
“Items retrieved during the operation include 230 boxes of tramadol valued at 130,000 cedis, 49 boxes of wrappers valued at 26,000 cedis, 10 parcels of Indian herb valued at 15,000 cedis, 13 boxes of crashes, mobile phones, scissors, knives and other suspected Nakoti-related materials. The estimated street value of the recovered exhibits amounts to GHC200,000,” he added.
All 50 suspects, together with the seized items, have been transferred to the National Operations Directorate Headquarters to assist with ongoing investigations.
The Police Service says it will continue to intensify operations aimed at dismantling narcotics networks and combating the sale and distribution of illegal drugs across the country.
