Consuming trash: unravelling the multi-million cedi business in Ghana’s expired products business (Part 2)

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Skilled at what they do, Sarpong would pack the expired products first into the truck and then later cover them with cartons of wholesome...

After digging through a maze of email conversations by top management of Fareast Mercantile to unravel how cartons of, DUBAWA’s attention was turned to Edward Sarpong, one of the kingpins, with a reputation for buying and selling expired products, mostly non-consumables. On March 17, 2022, we had information which suggested he was at the Fareast warehouse and was likely to purchase some expired products. We quickly made our way to the warehouse to begin our surveillance and tracking activities.

Around 3:30 pm, Sarpong was done loading his truck with the goods. Skilled at what they do, they would pack the expired products first into the truck and then later cover them with cartons of wholesome Dettol. Raja Mohammed, the General Manager for Sales and the contact person for Unilever at Fareast Mercantile, who was copied in the mail, replied with the prices of the goods. His reply was only copied to Aney, Head of Finance.

On the morning of April 1, the DUBAWA team returned to the warehouse and met a busload of FDA officials numbering about 12, together with the CID officials who conducted the operation the day before, present for a thorough search.

 

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