… WHAT WE KNOW A Citinewsroom report indicated that Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation in April 2026 after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers detected anomalies in two shipping containers that arrived at Sydney’s Port Botany from Ghana. …
… Australian Federal Police Commander Stephen Jay said the alleged plot showed “how highly organised and determined these criminal networks are, and the extreme lengths they are willing to go to in pursuit of profit. …
… The development follows a notification from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) regarding the interception of the illicit consignment, which was reportedly hidden in a shipment declared as charcoal and destined for Australia. …
… According to the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the investigation began in April 2026 after officers of the Australian Border Force (ABF) detected anomalies in two shipping containers that arrived at Port Botany in Sydney from Ghana. …
… storage units in Sydney where the drugs were delivered. “The seizure of these drugs – with an estimated street value of $296 million – has prevented a potential 3.2 million deals from reaching Australian streets,” Det Acting Supt Trevor Robinson from the Australian Federal Police …
… According to the Criminal Investigations Department, intelligence provided by the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Victim Identification Team indicated that an Australian suspect arrested in 2025 had allegedly received child sexual …
Police arrest three for child sexual exploitation across Ashanti, Bono
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… is becoming increasingly prevalent because offenders see it as “easy to commit, difficult to detect and financially rewarding.” Addressing a press briefing in Accra on Tuesday, COP Donkor disclosed that the Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police …
… According to her, the operation was carried out in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police and Interpol after intelligence revealed that an Australian suspect standing trial had received child sexual exploitation materials from facilitators in Ghana. …
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three Ghanaians in connection with the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material, following a joint operation involving the Australian Federal Police and Interpol. …
The Narcotics Control Commission and Bureau of National Investigations have arrested a Ghanaian woman identified as the lead shipper of 320kg of methamphetamine intercepted in Australia. Authorities are tracking at least ten other suspects in connection with the shipment.
Why it matters
Major transnational drug trafficking bust with a Ghanaian lead shipper arrested and wider syndicate still being pursued.
The Narcotics Control Commission and Bureau of National Investigations have arrested a Ghanaian woman identified as the lead shipper of 320kg of methamphetamine intercepted in Australia. Authorities are tracking at least ten other suspects in connection with the shipment.
Australian police discovered 2.7 tonnes of cocaine—the country's largest ever seizure—in an underground bunker system in western Sydney, with an estimated street value of A$816m. The drugs were found in concealed compartments beneath false floors in shipping containers at a Londonderry property; two men were arrested at the scene and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug.
Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission has launched an investigation after Australian authorities intercepted approximately 320 kilogrammes of methamphetamine concealed in a shipment from Ghana, declared as charcoal and worth an estimated A$296 million. NACOC is working with internal security agencies and foreign partners to identify individuals connected to the suspected trafficking operation.
Australian Border Force intercepted a 320-kilogram methamphetamine shipment concealed in containers from Ghana at Sydney's Port Botany in April 2026, with an estimated street value of AU$296 million. Three people have been charged, including a UK woman arrested after she supervised unloading of the drugs at a storage facility.
Australian authorities charged three people after detecting 320 kilograms of methamphetamine worth an estimated A$296 million concealed in two shipping containers arriving from Ghana that were declared as charcoal. The drugs were discovered during routine screening at Port Botany in Sydney in April 2026, with preliminary testing and forensic analysis confirming the substance's identity.
Emaa Hussen, 34, a British actress who appeared in EastEnders spin-off E20 and Jason Statham's 2013 film Hummingbird, has been charged with attempting to import 320kg of methamphetamine hidden in bags of charcoal in shipping containers from Ghana into Australia. The drugs had an estimated street value of A$296m, and the maximum penalty for the offence is life in prison.
Ghana Police arrested three persons in the Ashanti Region following investigation into the production and sale of explicit images and videos involving children. The case emerged after an Australian sex offender was arrested with indecent materials involving four children aged six to 13 from Ghana, two of whom were related to suspects arrested locally.
Ghana's CID Director-General says child sexual exploitation is increasing because offenders view it as easy to commit, difficult to detect, and financially rewarding. Police, in collaboration with Australian and international authorities, arrested three Ghanaian suspects linked to the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material and rescued four victims aged between six and 13 years in the Ashanti and Bono regions.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three Ghanaians for allegedly producing and sharing indecent images and videos involving children in the Ashanti and Bono regions, in an operation conducted with the Australian Federal Police and Interpol. Four children aged six to 13 were rescued, and the suspects—including an older brother and a mother of victims—are assisting investigations while the victims receive care and support.
The Ghana Police Service arrested three Ghanaians in connection with the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material following a joint operation with the Australian Federal Police and Interpol. The arrests stem from investigations into an international child exploitation case linked to an Australian offender currently standing trial, with intelligence indicating the suspects received funds from the Australian suspect in exchange for child sexual exploitation material.