Ghana's opposition has called for a parliamentary inquiry into allegations that a suspected cocaine trafficker had access to the presidential lounge at the country's main airport.
The alleged trafficker was arrested in the UK, while three officials have been charged in Ghana.
The case has gripped Ghanaians, as the opposition and governing party trade accusations of drug-dealing.
West Africa is a major transit-point for smuggling cocaine to Europe.
On Tuesday, Dominic Nitiwul - a senior member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) - appeared in parliament with three bags of rice, weighing around 13kg (28lbs).
Mr Nitiwul questioned how a similar amount of cocaine could have evaded customs and security officials at Accra's Kotoka International Airport to reach London's Heathrow Airport where the alleged trafficker, Nayele Ametefe, was arrested on 9 November.
The government has denied any involvement in what the local media has dubbed "the cocaine scandal".
President John Mahama has also strongly denied reports that Ms Ametefe was linked to his family.
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