The Majority in Parliament has attributed the sharp increase in recent narcotics arrests and seizures to strategic measures introduced by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and other security agencies under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.
Addressing the press on Thursday, September 24, the Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga, said NACOC recorded a significant rise in enforcement activities in 2025 compared with the previous year.
According to him, NACOC recorded 73 arrests nationwide in 2024, which was its highest annual enforcement figure at the time, but the number increased to 217 arrests across 165 cases in 2025.
He said the 197% increase reflected stronger enforcement operations, improved inter-agency collaboration and the expansion of NACOC’s operational presence across the country.
He added that asset-based enforcement operations resulted in the seizure of GH¢6.93 million and US$440,382 in cash, as well as 19.72 kilogrammes of gold allegedly linked to suspected drug-money laundering.
Mr Agalga further said NACOC had increased its District Commands from fewer than 10 to 77, extending the Commission’s presence to all 16 regions, while stronger collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, National Intelligence Bureau, Ghana Immigration Service and Economic and Organised Crime Office had supported intelligence-led operations.
He said the government had also established a dedicated narcotics court to address what he described as fragmentation in the prosecution of drug cases and help close the gap between arrests and convictions.
“The 2025 performance was due to the concrete institutional changes this government has put in place,” he emphasised.
