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The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah has expressed shock at the arrest of his son in-law, David McDermott by the UK security authorities.
According him, he absolutely had no knowledge about David being a fugitive of the British government.
He indicated that David had been known to him as a worker in the mining sector “and has been living in the country with Ramona since their marriage some three years ago.”
David McDermott is reported to have been on the run for about three years from UK security authorities.
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The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK indicated that McDermott is suspected member of a Liverpool-based organised crime group involved in a conspiracy to import and supply cocaine which was seized from a container of frozen Argentinian beef in May 2013 at Tilbury Docks.
He was arrested during a joint operation involving officers from the NCA and Ghana's BNI.