NACOC, PCSRC Strengthen Working Partnership to Curb Illicit drug trafficking at Postal Service Points
The Narcotics Control Commission, in its bid to tighten security at the postal and courier sector has revived and strengthen its working relationship with the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission of Ghana.
The partnership aimed at minimising and preventing illicit drug trafficking through the postal and courier services sector of Ghana is also to build a strong collaboration to ensure that Ghana becomes a drug-free society.
The Director-General of NACOC, Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, in his remarks reiterated commitment towards partnering with relevant key stakeholders to curb the drug trafficking menace.
Major General Obuba Mantey made these observations when the Acting Executive Secretary of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission of Ghana together with some of his Management members paid a working visit to him on Tuesday 13, October, 2026.
He assured the delegation of NACOC’s firm collaboration and support directed at strategically curbing the trafficking of illicit drugs.
“NACOC is ever ready to provide strategic support to the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission in diverse ways, mainly to enable it achieve its goals. The support would be directed in the form of technical, training and intelligence gathering” he added.
“NACOC will appreciate the move of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission to ensure that all courier and postal service providers conduct positive vetting exercise for its staff to enable managers of such companies know the background of their workers”
The NACOC Director-General further raised concerns about the alarming rate of traffickers adopting to digitalisation of drug trafficking with some of the courier and postal service providers falling preys, hence the collaboration is timely.
Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey indicated that the drug trafficking network is not an individual project but a multiple connection project which must be tackled professionally.
NACOC would urge the Commission to put in place measures that would strengthen its operational activities through the enforcement of parcel verifications. This will help companies aviod going through discomforts of illicit drug trafficking issues.
On his part, Mr Cosmas Anpengnuo, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission commended NACOC for the collaborative efforts to combat the illicit drug trafficking menace.
He added that the Commission as part of its measures to reposition itself directed at achieving its goals has enhanced the module of traceability where activities of couriers and postal service providers are keenly monitored.
He added that the introduction of the API integration platform where all companies have been logged to it has also helped to improve the operations of the Commission.
Mr Anpengnuo stressed that those courier and postal service providers that fail to comply with the API integration system will not have their licences approved or renewed.
The API integration system he noted has helped to enhance the monitoring and controlled mechanisms of the Commission, as it is now able to keep track of all associates involved in the deliveries that are being carried by service providers on daily basis.
He assured of his Commission’s contineous partnership and support to NACOC to ensure that the postal service points are eradicated of drug trafficking menace.