The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has stated that it is working to address price disparities in the cocoa sector as part of efforts to curb smuggling.
This follows the interception of 1115 gallons of cocoa beans at the Ave-Havi border en route to Togo.
The seized beans have been handed over to COCOBOD while investigations continue.
Speaking to Citi News, Director of Special Services, Charles Amenyaglo, said COCOBOD is implementing measures to track and counter the activities of cocoa smugglers.
“COCOBOD is finding innovative ways of fighting the smuggling menace. As we speak, we want to identify all the routes so that we can block all those routes and all the strategies that they use.
“So the management of COCOBOD is deliberating on how to, when it comes to price disparity, we are looking at various ways of bridging that and there is a committee working on that.
“In the interim, we are manning the access routes and then we do spot checks and thorough searches to identify people who are carrying the beans.”
