Suspect offers GH¢100,000 bribe to Police but he is arrested for alleged narcotic offence
A drug trafficking operation in the Eastern Region took a dramatic turn when one of the suspects allegedly attempted to buy his way out of trouble with a GH¢100,000 bribe — only for police officers to play along, secure the funds as evidence and snap the handcuffs on him shortly after.
The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects following an intelligence-driven operation on May 11, 2026, that netted 1,600 parcels of suspected Indian hemp and exposed what authorities are describing as a brazen attempt to interfere with a live investigation.
It all began when the Regional Police Intelligence Department received a tip-off pointing to narcotics allegedly being stashed at Akosombo-Bonya in the Eastern Region.
Officers mounted surveillance near Krobo Girls Senior High School, where they intercepted a Hyundai Rhino truck bearing registration number GR 5724-15 before tailing it to a quiet spot near Atua Government Hospital.
Arriving at the location, officers found suspects in the middle of transferring sacks from the Hyundai truck into a Howo Zonda tipper truck with registration number GN 7948-21. When police moved in, the group scattered into the surrounding bush — but both vehicles and their cargo were secured.
What followed elevated the case from a routine drugs bust to something far more audacious. A 39-year-old welder and Atua resident named Solomon Tettey approached the officers shortly after the seizure, presenting himself as the owner of both trucks and the suspected narcotics consignment.
He allegedly told police the drugs were destined for Nigeria — and then, in what investigators describe as a calculated attempt to make the problem disappear, he offered the officers GH¢100,000 to walk away from the investigation.
Tettey reportedly transferred GH¢90,000 via Mobile Money and handed over GH¢10,000 in cash. The officers accepted — but not in the way Tettey had hoped.
Acting with deliberate composure, they kept up the pretence long enough to secure the funds as evidence before closing in on him with support from the Regional Counter-Terrorism Unit and personnel from the Odumase Police.
The bribe money was preserved as part of the case against him.
Two additional suspects — Joshua Nartey and Teye Nartey — were subsequently arrested after they turned themselves in at the Regional Police Headquarters.
All three suspects, along with the seized vehicles, the 1,600 parcels of suspected Indian hemp and the bribe money, have been handed over to the Regional Criminal Investigations Department for further processing.
The Ghana Police Service used the occasion to reaffirm its commitment to integrity and its determination to pursue and dismantle drug trafficking networks operating within the region — a commitment its officers demonstrated in particularly pointed fashion by turning Tettey’s bribery attempt into the very evidence that sealed his fate.
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