In a dramatic twist in the investigation of five kilograms of cocaine that went missing from the 30 kilogram parcel of cocaine seized by the Narcotics Control Board off the coast of Ghana late April, an intelligence report has now revealed that the MV Benjamin was originally suspected of having 77 more such parcels of cocaine on board. As a result authorities have just set up a five-member investigating committee headed up by a Supreme Court Judge.
The committee will have one month to find out where this alleged extra cocaine went to and how soon this occurred before the drug bust. (They will also look into another case, this involving bribery and corruption by police officers after a bust in November last year of some Venezuelan cocaine smugglers.)
When the five kilograms of cocaine went missing after the bust, a three-member investigating committee was established. Their report, the contents of which have not yet been revealed, has now been submitted to the Attorney General.