Four persons who were arrested over the cocaine bust at the Swiss port at the Kotoka International Airport have been remanded.
The four, Gariba Soli, an artefact dealer at the art centre, Josiah Baidoo, Emmanuel Mintah and Kwabena Ampfo Anti, all freight forwarders, were arrested for allegedly attempting to export 73 slabs of cocaine without a license.
The four have been charged with counts of attempting to export a narcotic substance without a license, conspiracy and possession of a narcotic substance without a license.
According to the facts of the case, officers of the Narcotic Control Commission, on a routine inspection at the Swiss port, encountered 3 wooden boxes marked to be carrying artefacts. However, a further check of the contents revealed that they contained 73 slabs of powdered substances, later tested to be Cocaine.
The first accused person, Gariba Soli, during interrogation, however, explained that he was contracted by one Patrick to export artefacts to the Netherlands.
He insists that the items in the boxes, as sent by him to the Swiss port on April 14 for exporting, were artefacts only to be called on April 23 for an inspection of the cargo, which turned out to be Cocaine.
