Police foil massive narcotics smuggling, reject GH¢80k bribe, seven arrested

The Ghana Police Service has conducted three intelligence-led operations in the Oti Region, intercepting 1,696 compressed parcels of substances, suspected to be narcotics and arresting seven individuals.


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