A Ghanaian taxi driver who resides in the Netherlands has been busted for possessing narcotic drugs at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).

The Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) arrested the suspect, Oppong Kwaku Owusu, 52, at the KIA while going through formalities to board a flight back to The Netherlands.

According to the Head, Communications, Media Relations & Protocol of NACOB, Mr Francis Opoku Amoah, the suspect had two passports, a Ghanaian passport No. G2563315 issued in Accra and a Kingdom of The Netherlands passport No. NYDK14RP7 issued in The Netherlands.

NACOB officials drew Kwaku Owusu aside on suspicion of having ingested some foreign substances but he denied vehemently.

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A search in his carry bag revealed three large parcels of a substance suspected to be a narcotic drug, for which reason he was detained for further questioning.

When he realised that time was running out for him, he broke down and confessed that he had swallowed some pellets of cocaine.

After been placed under close observation by NACOB officials, he manage to expel all the 100 thumb-sized pellets of the substance suspected to be a narcotic drug, which he swallowed.

The powdery substance were field-tested and it proved positive to be cocaine.