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MCE declares war on cocoa
smugglers
Hohoe, Nov. 17, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Victor-Herman Condubrey, Hohoe
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said his administration had
declared war on cocoa smuggling across Hohoe's eastern frontier
with Togo.
"These smugglers and their collaborators must be cut to size,"
he declared.
Mr Condubrey made the declaration when he led a team of Customs
Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) officials and the
executives of the Hohoe-North branch of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) to arrest a Tata Indigo Taxi with registration
number GS 8494 Z with six bags of dried cocoa at Gbi-Kojokope on
Sunday.
He told the Ghana News Agency that the taxi was abandoned in the
bush with its two rear tyres punctured while the bags of cocoa
were scattered.
Mr Condubrey warned vehicle owners and drivers engaged in cocoa
smuggling to refrain from the act or face the full rigors of the
law.
He also cautioned security personnel who tended to connive with
such smugglers to refrain from aiding the plunder of the state
or face dire consequences when arrested.
Mr Condubrey said the smuggling of cocoa in the area constituted
ingratitude to government for helping cocoa farmers to increase
their yield and incomes through the mass spraying, scholarship
schemes and bonuses.
He said these smugglers and their collaborators must be punished
for their nation sabotaging attitude.
GNA
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