The Kwabenya Circuit Court has postponed ruling on Helena Akua Denkyi’s application to be removed from the ongoing trial over the alleged exportation of 3.9 tonnes of cocaine. The decision will now come on November 5, after the court took time to consider the matter.
Denkyi, a contract staff member of the Ghana Revenue Authority, is the sixth accused in the case. Her legal team filed the application on September 30, 2026, and served it on the Office of the Attorney-General alongside a hearing notice. At the latest hearing, her lawyer told the court that no affidavit opposing the application had been received.
Presiding Judge Prince Osei Owusu noted the application was filed weeks earlier but only brought to the court’s attention recently. The court said it needed additional time before issuing a ruling and rescheduled proceedings for November 5. The judge also said the main prosecutor was not yet in a position to respond to bail requests and other motions from defence lawyers, directing them to file formal applications rather than make oral submissions.
Chief Inspector Godwin T. Achondo, the lead prosecutor, informed the court that the prosecution was preparing the necessary disclosures and requested a one-month adjournment. Defence lawyers argued that the filing of disclosures indicated the investigation was complete and renewed calls for bail for their clients.
The court had earlier dismissed bail applications for all six accused. The accused include Francis Narh Amanor, a freight forwarder; Frank Adu-Boahen, who describes himself as an evangelist; Togbe Agbeti; Andrews Tetteh Amponsah; Daniel Laryea; and Helena Akua Denkyi. Except for Amanor and Adu-Boahen, all are public servants.
Amanor and Adu-Boahen face charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, specifically the exportation of narcotic drugs, and actual exportation of narcotic drugs. Prosecutors allege they conspired to export 3.9 tonnes of suspected narcotics in four containers from Tema Port to the Netherlands without the required licence from the Minister of Health.
The other four accused, Agbeti, Amponsah, Laryea, and Denkyi, are charged with abetment of crime. They allegedly failed to properly analyse abnormal scan images of the containers, which prosecutors say facilitated the attempted export of the narcotics.
All six remain in custody and are expected back in court on November 5. Four additional accused in a related case have been remanded by the High Court. In total, 10 people have been arraigned following the interception of the suspected narcotics at Tema Port on August 12, 2026.
According to Joy Online.
