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President John Dramani Mahama has dissolved the governing board of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB). In a rather terse statement from the Chief of Staff, Mr Prosper Bani, Saturday morning, government simply said further details "will follow in due course". It is unclear if the decision to dissolve the board charged with preventing the use, import, and export of narcotics, was linked to the busting of a Ghanaian woman, Nayele Ametefeh, at the Heathrow Airport for brazenly attempting to traffick cocaine. NACOB had stated in a statement to the media, that Ms. Ametefe was arrested on the 10th of November, 2014, through its collaborative effort with its British partners. The agency tasked with the formulation and enforcement of narcotics laws in the country further indicated in the statement that Ametefeh travelled on an Austrian passport and not with a Ghanaian diplomatic passport. But the UK High Commission to Ghana in a statement issued on 21st November, expressed doubts over the NACOB's involvement in the arrest of Nayele Ametefe and discounted claims that the Ghanaian lady was apprehended due to the collaborative efforts of the two countries. The statement categorically stated that �UK authorities had no prior knowledge of the intentions of Ms Nayele Ametefeh before flying from Accra to London on 9/10 November� with about 12kg of cocaine in her hand luggage. More soon....