The Ghana Police Service has arrested two men and confiscated a consignment of wax print fabrics suspected to be counterfeit GTP products in Adabraka,
The Ghana Police Service has arrested two men and confiscated a consignment of wax print fabrics suspected to be counterfeit GTP products in Adabraka, Accra.
Salifu Mamuda, 50, and Iddrisa Mohammed, 44, were detained at a warehouse off the Kojo Thompson Highway on Monday, November 9.
The arrests followed an intelligence-led operation carried out by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Operations Team (SOT). Police said they had received information that two articulated trucks, believed to have come from Nigeria, were unloading suspected contraband at the warehouse.
The vehicles, registered as SMK-161-YH and T-28975-LA, were reportedly carrying large quantities of assorted wax print fabrics suspected to have been smuggled into Ghana from Nigeria.
Police estimate the value of the seized goods at approximately GH¢20 million.
The operation is part of a wider effort by the Ghana Police Service to prevent the importation and distribution of suspected counterfeit goods and other illegal products in the country.
The fabrics have been taken to the National Police Headquarters in Accra, where further investigations are being conducted.
Mamuda and Mohammed remain in police custody and are assisting investigators as they examine how the products entered Ghana and where they were intended to be distributed.
Police are also working to identify and arrest other people who may have been connected to the alleged importation and distribution network.
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