NACOC closes Amsterdam Pub at Laboma over alleged narcotics-related activities

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has shut down the Amsterdam Pub at Laboma in Accra following an intelligence-led operation targeting suspected narcotics-related activities at the facility.

The operation, conducted overnight on Friday, September 4, resulted in the arrest of three suspects who are assisting the Commission with investigations.

NACOC said the operation followed intelligence indicating that the facility was being used in connection with narcotics-related activities.

In a statement dated September 7, the Commission said the prime suspect linked to the alleged activities, however, remains at large.

Additional intelligence officers have since been deployed to locate and arrest the suspect as investigations continue.

NACOC said the facility, which it described as a “self-styled coffee shop”, has been closed to facilitate investigations and prevent it from being used for further narcotics-related activities.

The operation forms part of the Commission’s broader intelligence-led strategy to identify, disrupt and dismantle locations and networks suspected of facilitating the distribution, sale and use of illicit narcotic substances.

NACOC has also cautioned owners, managers and operators of pubs, nightclubs, lounges and other entertainment establishments against allowing their premises to be used for narcotics-related activities.