{"id":357979,"date":"2011-04-01T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/operation-westbridge-intercepts-narcotic-drugs-worth-214m-at-kotoka-international-airport\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:54:13","slug":"operation-westbridge-intercepts-narcotic-drugs-worth-214m-at-kotoka-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/operation-westbridge-intercepts-narcotic-drugs-worth-214m-at-kotoka-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Westbridge intercepts narcotic drugs worth \u00a3214m at Kotoka International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.323529411765\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/general-news\/\" title=\"View all posts in General News\" rel=\"category tag\">General News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/lead-story\/\" title=\"View all posts in Lead Story\" rel=\"category tag\">Lead Story<\/a> \u00bb Operation Westbridge intercepts narcotic drugs worth \u00a3214m at Kotoka International Airport<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t    \t<span>Page last updated at Friday, April 1, 2011 13:13 PM \/\/ <\/span>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n<p> <!--end: postmeta-->\t<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e18eb3fdoka-airport.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4403\" title=\"kotoka-airport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e18eb3fdoka-airport.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kotoka International Airport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Operation West Bridge project, which was introduced at Ghana\u2019s Kotoka International Airport by the UK government, has intercepted illicit drugs worth \u00a3214 million since its inception in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials at the British High Commission in Accra, the project, operated by the British Customs officials in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Board (NARCOB) of Ghana, has resulted in the disruption of the flow of narcotics through Ghana to the UK and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Operation, the High Commission says the UK government has deployed experienced Customs officers to work with Ghanaian officials to tackle the threats of drugs and this has delivered interdictions with a street value of over \u00a3214 million.<\/p>\n<p>According to High Commissioner Matthew Johnson, Ghana\u2019s President, Prof. John Atta Mills has shown commitment in fighting drug trafficking in the country.<\/p>\n<p>By Ekow Quandzie<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\t \t\t |   | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently reading http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/04\/01\/operation-westbridge-intercepts-narcotic-drugs-worth-214m-at-kotoka-international-airport\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> |<br \/>\n\t\t<!--\n\t\t<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/02\/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\"\n\t\t\txmlns:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/\"\n\t\t\txmlns:trackback=\"http:\/\/madskills.com\/public\/xml\/rss\/module\/trackback\/\">\n\t\t<rdf:Description rdf:about=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/04\/01\/operation-westbridge-intercepts-narcotic-drugs-worth-214m-at-kotoka-international-airport\/\"\n    dc:identifier=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/04\/01\/operation-westbridge-intercepts-narcotic-drugs-worth-214m-at-kotoka-international-airport\/\"\n    dc:title=\"Operation Westbridge intercepts narcotic drugs worth \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News , Lead Story \u00bb Operation Westbridge intercepts narcotic drugs worth \u00a3214m at Kotoka International Airport Page last updated at Friday, April 1, 2011 13:13 PM \/\/ The Kotoka International Airport The Operation West Bridge project, which was introduced at Ghana\u2019s Kotoka International Airport by the UK government, has intercepted illicit drugs worth \u00a3214 million since its inception in 2007. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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