The majority in parliament has urged for better collaboration between security and law enforcement authorities to tackle drug trafficking networks operating in Ghana.
The Majority Caucus claims that a coordinated national response involving organizations in charge of border security, information collecting, investigations, prosecution, port operations, and asset recovery is necessary due to the increasing complexity of the drug trade.
According to the caucus, intelligence sharing and cooperative actions are essential to breaking organized drug networks because no single state entity can successfully combat the whole drug trafficking chain on its own.
According to him, the reaction must comprise a coordinated plan that enables institutions to exchange information and support one another’s efforts rather than relying solely on isolated operations by individual agencies.
“The Majority caucus urges all security and law enforcement agencies, particularly the Narcotics Control Commission, the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Immigration Service, the Ports and Harbour Authority, and others, to increase cooperation and practice one front to combat the emergence of drug networks in our country.
“This is no job for any single agency. The profiling and screening, investigation, prosecution and asset recovery are all critical elements in the chain and only when agencies are better coordinated, sharing intelligence and working together can Ghana really disrupt and dismantle networks that traffic narcotics.
“The Majority caucus calls for continued and concerted inter agency corporation as the bedrock of the nation’s struggle against the drug menace.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com
