Police have arrested two people and seized assorted wax-print fabrics suspected to be counterfeit GTP products in an operation at a warehouse in Adabraka, Accra.
The suspects, identified as 50-year-old Salifu Mamuda and 44-year-old Iddrisa Mohammed, were arrested on Monday, November 9, when the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Operations Team carried out an intelligence-led operation.
According to the Ghana Police Service, the operation followed information that two articulated trucks suspected to have come from Nigeria were offloading goods at a warehouse near the Kojo Thompson Highway.
The fabrics are suspected to have been smuggled from Nigeria. Police estimate the seized consignment to be worth about GH¢20 million.
The fabrics have been transported to the National Police Headquarters in Accra as investigations continue. The two suspects remain in police custody and are assisting with inquiries into the importation and intended distribution of the goods.
Police say efforts are underway to identify and arrest other people who may have been involved in the suspected importation and distribution network. The investigation is ongoing, and the fabrics remain suspected counterfeit goods.
