The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has interdicted workers implicated in the recent cocaine smuggling incident at the Kotoka International Airport.
This was contained in a statement issued by the GACL, dated April 10, 2024.
The statement confirmed that the GACL has initiated investigations and the interdiction of the staff involved in the scandal.
The Herald Newspaper, in a recent publication, reported that the scandal emerged following the arrest of a significant quantity of illegal drugs at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
It has also emerged that the cocaine was smuggled through KIA aboard the Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc, facilitated by a GACL staff member on March 23, 2024.
Dutch national Proeger Delgey Bianca was apprehended at Brussels Airport with 8.5 kilograms of suspected cocaine, allegedly transported through KIA, on March 23, 2024.
Reacting to the story, the GACL said staff are not to assist passengers at the airport, “failing which punitive measures not limited to but including summary dismissals and prosecutions by the State will be effected in line with existing protocols.”
Management wishes to assure the general public of its commitment and determination, in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that operations at the airport are safe and secure, it said.
Below is the full statement
The attention of the Board and Management of GACL has been drawn to the Herald publication dated Wednesday, April 10, 2024, with the above headline.
Management notes that investigations by relevant authorities into the alleged smuggling of 8.5 kilograms of substance suspected to be cocaine through Kotoka International Airport on March 23, 2024, are ongoing.
The Board and Management, in line with GACL’s internal administrative processes, has taken swift measures to interdict all GACL staff relevant to the investigation.
Management has also reiterated its warning to staff regarding the facilitation of passengers at the airport, failing which punitive measures not limited to but including summary dismissals and prosecutions by the State will be
effected in line with existing protocols.
Management wishes to assure the general public of its commitment and determination, in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that operations at the airport are safe and secure.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
