The Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects and seized large quantities of assorted wax-print fabrics suspected to be counterfeit GTP products.
The suspects, Eric Boakye, Salifu Mamuda, 50, and Iddrisa Mohammed, 44, were arrested at the scene at Adabraka in Accra on Monday, November 9, 2026.
Police explained in a statement that the operation was carried out by the IGP Special Operations Team (SOT) following intelligence that two articulated trucks, with registration numbers SMK-161-YH and T-28975-LA, suspected to have originated from Nigeria, were offloading contraband goods at a warehouse off the Kojo Thompson Highway in Adabraka.
According to the police, 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, while the suspects have been handed over to the Special Investigation Unit. The two trucks have also been impounded.
Police invited officials of GTP to examine the seized textiles, and they reportedly confirmed that the prints were fake products bearing imitated GTP labels.
The suspects told police that they had brought the goods from Nigeria through the Akanu border in the Volta Region.
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) was also invited and confirmed to police that the GRA tax stamps on the fabrics were fake.
According to the police, investigations are ongoing to establish further details of the case and arrest other persons involved.
