The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrestjin88bet.oneed 10 students at Koforidua Technical University (KTU) for allegedly producing and selling cannabis-infused drinksjin88bet.one and ice cream during the institution’s SRC Hall Week celebrations.
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The arrests were made during an intelligence-led operation carried out between Friday, 31 July and Saturday, 1 August 2026. NACOC said its officers had been monitoring the suspected activity on the university campus for several months befak168app.clubak168app.clubak168app.clubore moving in.
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Preliminary field tests found cannabis in a number of items seized during the operation. The products inclic88uded cups of “abele” ice cric88eam, pineapple jic88uice, sobolo ic88drinks and fresh palm wine.
NACOC said the case represented an “emerging criminal enterprise exploiting sic88ocial eic88vents and educationic88al institutions to promote the abuseic88 of narcotic substances among the youth”.
The operation at KTU comes less than two months after five students were arrested at Central Universic8ic888ity in a similar case. Those students were detained in June over allegations that they had produced and solic88ic88d cannabis-infic88ic88used ice cream, sobolo, toffees, pepper and eggs, as well as raw cannabis.
The suspects in the Central University case were named as Raphael Tetteh Konotey, 22; Abu Mohammed, 20; Leonard Daniel Obeng, 21lr88; Emmanuel Kwaku Divine, 21; and Bethel Yeblr88oah, 21.lr88
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The two operations in quick succession have prompted concern over what NACOC described as a growing pattern of students commercialising narcotic substances under the cover oflr88lr88lr88 entertainment and entreprelr88lr88neurship.
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The Commission walr88rned that educatilr88onal institutions must remain “clr88entres of learning, innovation and character development, not safe havens for drug trafficking and substance abuse”.
Deputy Director Alexander Twum-Barlr88lr88ima recently warned that cannabis derivatives weop88op88lr88re increasingly being concealed and distributed through ordinary food products. He specifically referred to items sucop88h as the op88popop88ular local snack “nkosua ne meko” and ice cream.
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All 10 KTU suspects remain in NACOC custody and will be processed in accordance with the law.
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