The Ghana Police Service has arrested 50 suspects in a large-scale anti-narcotics operation conducted at Madina Market in the Greater Accra Region.

The intelligence-led exercise, carried out on Thursday, May 7, 2026, by the Inspector-General of Police Special Operations Team, targeted the alleged supply and distribution of illegal narcotic substances within the enclave.

Addressing journalists at a press briefing on Friday, May 8, Director-General of Police Operations, Emmanuel Teye Cudjoe, disclosed that the suspects comprise 46 males and four females.

According to preliminary police investigations, 25 of the suspects are Ghanaians, while the remaining individuals include 13 Nigerians, nine Nigeriens, one Malian, one Togolese and one Burkinabe national.

Police identified two suspects Abigail Oku, 26, and Mohammed Zaya, a Nigerian national, as alleged leaders of the drug network operating within the market area.

Two other Nigerian nationals, Yousef Abubakar, 25, and Ahmadu Alfani, 43, were also identified as shop owners allegedly involved in the sale and distribution of narcotic substances.

COP Cudjoe revealed that the operation led to the retrieval of 230 boxes of tramadol with an estimated value of GH¢130,000, 49 boxes of wrappers valued at GH¢26,000, and 10 parcels of suspected Indian hemp estimated at GH¢15,000.

Police also seized 13 boxes of suspected narcotic substances, mobile phones, scissors, knives and other items believed to be linked to illegal drug activities.

According to the Police Service, the total estimated street value of the seized exhibits stands at approximately GH¢200,000.

All 50 suspects and the retrieved items have since been transferred to the National Operations Directorate Headquarters to assist with ongoing investigations.

The Ghana Police Service says it will continue intensifying operations aimed at dismantling narcotics networks and curbing the sale and distribution of illegal drugs across the country.