Drug traffickers acquiring own scanners to evade detection at airports – NACOC boss
The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has raised concerns about security lapses at Ghana’s airports, revealing that suspected drug traffickers are adopting sophisticated methods to evade screening procedures, including acquiring their own scanners.
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[Claude] Both reports cover the same NACOC Director-General's warning that traffickers are acquiring their own scanners to evade airport detection, with no conflicting facts.
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