500 kilogrammes of a substance suspected to be cocaine hidden in a consignment of rice with an estimated street value of about $30million, has vanished from the Tema Port under mysterious circumstances, The Finder newspaper has reported.
According to the newspaper, the suspected cocaine were concealed in 10 bags of 50kg each in a container on board a ship which arrived at the Tema Port in December 2016 but vanished before February 23, 2017, when all stakeholders had conducted compulsory tests on the container.
The Finder further reports that K9 Dogs which are specially trained to detect cocaine confirmed traces of cocaine in the said container.
UK’s Operation Westbridge also conducted sampling by the use of itemisers which confirmed trace of cocaine.
Security officers under whose watch the cocaine went missing are reported to be still at post, yet to be sanctioned.Â