The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Maj Gen Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has reiterated the Commission’s firm commitment to collaborating with all key relevant state security agencies to ensure that points of entry and exit across the country are manned and safeguarded.
According to him, continuous collaboration remains vital to preventing the influx of all forms of nefarious activities, particularly drug trafficking along Ghana’s borders.
Maj Gen Mantey gave this assurance during a panel discussion at the 2026 edition of the West Africa Border Security Week, held at the Labadi Pleasure Beach Hotel in Accra on Thursday, August 13, 2026. Speaking on the topic “Strengthening Border Security through Regional Cooperation and Innovation”, he highlighted the necessity of joint operations across borders.
“NACOC is well positioned to partner with managers of the border posts to tackle and control organised crime across the continent”, he added.
The NACOC Director-General stressed and called for the need to strengthen regional cooperation as one of the key principles that augments basic knowledge, intelligence sharing, and an interoperable common system.
He further indicated that the current and emerging trends of organised crime, especially drug trafficking activities, require trust and the improvement of sophisticated modern equipment to track down the operations of criminals.
“The operations of the various border posts can not only rely on the physical security infrastructure system, but require investment in key areas such as intelligence, forensic capabilities, technology, as well as strong collaboration”, Maj Gen Mantey noted.
He also urged relevant stakeholders, including those manning border posts across the continent and particularly in Ghana, to pay close attention to the host communities along border areas. He pointed out that their extensive knowledge of criminal activities is invaluable, often reaching beyond the scope of traditional surveillance teams.
“It is important to note that criminal organisations do not recognise national boundaries to perpetrate their clandestine activities and call on all to support in curbing the menace through strong collaborative efforts”, he said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana