The Ghana Police Service has arrested three (3) suspects and seized large quantities of assorted wax print fabrics suspected to be counterfeit GTP fabrics smuggled from Nigeria.
The police disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, November 14, 2026.
The suspects, Salifu Mamuda, 50, and Iddrisa Mohammed, 44, were arrested at the scene at Adabraka in Accra on Monday, 9th November 2026. A third suspect, Eric Boakye was later arrested.
The operation was carried out by the IGP Special Operations Team (SOT) following intelligence that two articulator trucks, with registration numbers SMK-161-YH and T-28975-LA, suspected to have originated from Nigeria, were offloading some contraband goods at a warehouse off the Kojo Thompson Highway, Adabraka.
The consignment is estimated to be worth GH¢20 million and is believed to have been smuggled from Nigeria.The seized goods have been conveyed to the CID Headquarters for further investigations and the suspects have been handed over to the Special Investigation Unit and the trucks impounded.
Officials of GTP were invited by police to examine the seized textiles and it was reported that the prints were fake products bearing imitated GTP labels.
The suspects disclosed to police that they brought the goods from Nigeria through the Akanu border in the Volta Region.
The Customs Division of the GRA was invited and they also confirmed to police that the GRA tax stamps on the fabrics are all fake.
The police added that further investigation is ongoing.
