The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) on Monday 30th January 2023 conducted a simulation exercise dubbed operation Obangame by the K9 Unit at the Tema Harbour.

The aim of the exercise was to test the national preparedness of the security agencies in dealing with the incidence of drug trafficking and other transnational organised crimes such as Arms shipment smuggling, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU), Human Trafficking, Illegal oil transfer and incidence of oil spillage, both minor and major.

Operation Obangame was also to test inter-agency collaboration, detect illicit drugs and observe how security officers will follow the Harmonised Standard Operating Procedures (HSOP) for Maritime Agencies working at the Seaports.

The operation Obangame also had the INTERPOL and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as international observers.

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