NACOC boss calls for practical cross-border action against drug trafficking

Major-General Mantey made the call in Ghana’s statement delivered at the closing of the 33rd Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLEA Africa), held in Vienna, Austria, from September 8 to 11, 2026.

The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major-General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has called for stronger and more practical cross-border cooperation among African countries to tackle the growing threat of synthetic drugs, cocaine trafficking and transnational organised crime.

Major-General Mantey urged African countries to make their cooperation practical, timely and operational, allowing intelligence obtained in one jurisdiction to support investigations and enforcement action in another.