The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted three trucks suspected of smuggling cocoa beans at Kpando Torkor in the Volta Region.

The vehicles, registered as GE 1782-U, AS 7907-22, and GT 5932-12, were intercepted at dawn on Friday, April 12.

Head of Public Affairs at GIS, Superintendent Michael Amoako-Atta, stated that the Officer-in-Charge of the GIS in the Kpando Municipal Command, Deputy Superintendent of Immigration (DSI) Peter Austin Hall, and a team of officers were deployed based on intelligence to Kpando Torkor.

They observed a boat suspected to be from the Afram Plains unloading bags of cocoa beans into the trucks, parked near the landing site, apparently for smuggling through an unapproved route at Wli to Togo.

The suspects, Wahab Abdulai, Nicholas Agbesi, and Fodume, all aged 42, were arrested, and the trucks were handed over to the Kpando Police for further action.

Superintendent Amoako-Atta emphasized GIS's commitment to border protection and prevention of cross-border crimes.

He commended border residents and the public for their continuous collaboration through information-sharing and urged citizens to report suspicious persons and activities to GIS and other security agencies as part of the "See Something, Say Something" campaign.