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  • 5 tonnes of Indian hemp intercepted by Immigration Service at Atikpui

    5 tonnes of Indian hemp intercepted by Immigration Service at Atikpui

    Personnel from the Ghana Immigration Service’s Nyive Sector Command in the Volta Region has successfully intercepted 80 slabs of suspected Indian hemp.

    The alleged contraband was discovered near Atikpui, which shares a border with Togo in the Ho Municipality.

    Assistant Commissioner of Immigration Abdullah Zakaria, who serves as the Sector Commander for Nyive, reported that the parcels were abandoned near a local clinic in Atikpui once the suspects realized that immigration officers were pursuing them.

    He emphasized the Immigration Service’s commitment to eradicating all illegal activities in the region, leaving no stone unturned in the process.

    ACI Zakaria called on residents and the public to cooperate with the Service in its efforts to combat criminal activities in the area and the broader region.

    Assistant Commissioner of Immigration Noah Ahomka Yeboah, who is currently acting as the Volta Regional Commander, took the opportunity to visit other sector commands in the region.

    He commended the Nyive team for their excellent work over the years and encouraged them to continue their efforts. ACI Yeboah praised their vigilance and rapid response to such cases.

    “My men here at Nyive and other sectors of the service are really doing well and need to be commended for always being ready to extend services to the nation,” he said.

    ACI Yeboah reiterated that criminal activities such as the trafficking of illegal substances like this must be completely eradicated or significantly reduced, and this can only be accomplished with the assistance of the public.

    He emphasized the necessity for everyone to adopt a change in attitude toward the issue of illegal possession of narcotics or controlled substances.

    ACI Yeboah assured the public of the Immigration Service’s unwavering dedication to combating these unlawful activities in the region.

  • Jasikan Circuit Court remands 2 for trafficking narcotic drugs

    Jasikan Circuit Court remands 2 for trafficking narcotic drugs

    Raphael Agbele, a 42-year-old driver, and Daniel Sakyi, a 26-year-old student, have been remanded into police custody by the Jasikan Circuit Court on charges of trafficking 410 parcels of suspected Indian hemp.

    Both defendants pleaded not guilty during the court hearing.

    The case has been adjourned until July 25, 2023, for the suspects to appear again. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Seth Vincent Kpodo, who served as the prosecutor, informed the court presided over by Mr. Alfred Kwabena Asiedu that the complainant was an Assemblyman.

    According to ASP Kpodo, on May 24, 2023, Agbele was operating a Benz bus container with registration number GT 8496-N, traveling from Hohoe to Dormabin. Sakyi was also onboard the same vehicle, serving as the driver’s assistant.

    At the Asukawkaw Bridge, the vehicle veered off the road and was involved in an accident, as reported by ASP Kpodo.

    ASP Kpodo explained that upon learning of the accident, the complainant hurried to the scene and discovered that there were sacks stored in a concealed compartment within the damaged Benz bus. Some of these sacks had also scattered on the road, prompting the Assemblyman to collect them to prevent theft.

    Afterward, the Assemblyman promptly reported the incident to the police. Law enforcement officers quickly arrived at the scene and retrieved 12 sacks and ten parcels of Indian hemp that had been recovered from the accident vehicle.

    The police then proceeded to the Asukawkaw Clinic, where they apprehended the suspects after receiving medical treatment following the accident.

    During their investigation, the suspects denied any involvement in illegal activities in their statements to the police.

    They claimed that one Selasie Zigah from Hohoe, whom they identified as the owner of the vehicle, had instructed them to load charcoal in Dormabin without their knowledge of the contents.

    Efforts are currently underway to locate and apprehend Selasie Zigah, who has gone into hiding, in order to conduct further investigations into the matter.

  • 119 bags of Indian hemp intercepted by GRA Customs at Dabala

    119 bags of Indian hemp intercepted by GRA Customs at Dabala

    Two vehicles carrying 119 bags of suspected Indian hemp were stopped by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at Dabala, in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region.

    The compacted dry substance, packed in bags, was detained as it was being driven to a place close to the Togo border in a Ford passenger van.

    The van carrying 26 bundles of Indian hemp was stopped at Wute, close to Akatchi, in the Volta Region by the division’s Eastern Corridor Monitoring Task Force.

    The car was impounded after the driver was caught trying to flee.

    Investigations revealed that a truck with a foreign registration was hauling some of the dried leaves that were damaged at Avadre, close to Ziope.

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    According to Alhaji Iddrisu Iddisah Seidu, the Eastern Corridor Monitoring Task Force of the Customs Division’s acting commissioner, the interception was the product of an intelligence-led operation.

    “The interception of the van and the arrest made led to the discovery of another consignment kept in a thatch house as the truck transporting the items broke down,” the Customs boss explained.

    He stated that additional group members who are now evading capture are being sought after by the police.

    Along the border regions, which are frequently used as a route for drug trafficking, significant amounts of contraband are being found more frequently.

    However, the Customs supervisor claimed that the interception demonstrated their expanding capacity to halt drug trafficking and aid in the prosecution of the traffickers.

    “We are making drug trafficking unattractive and expensive to venture in. You will not succeed and the law will deal with you. I hope persons involved in the enterprise will desist and those considering to get involved will also think again,” Alhaji Iddrisu cautioned.

    The Customs Division of the GRA handed over the suspected Indian hemp to the Narcotics Control Commission after a joint examination conducted in collaboration with the Bureau of National Investigation, National Security, Defence Intelligence and the Food and Drugs Authority.

    The head of the Eastern Corridor Monitoring Task Force, Abdullah Dari appealed to the public to support the fight against drug trafficking through information sharing.

  • Wenchi Police arrest eight suspected Indian hemp smokers

    In a raid on the Municipality on Tuesday, the Wenchi Police in the Bono Region detained eight alleged Indian Hemp smokers and sellers.

    The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered the suspects, including a young lady, Nasiba Ubeida, 19 years, have since been placed in custody, as the Police continued with their investigations.

    The other suspects are Abdul Nashiru 28, Adama Abu, 57, Mohammed Siaka, 43, Yerifa Joe, 36, Adams Tijani, 26, Moses Fii, 80 and Sule Sumaila, 29.

    A source at the Wenchi Divisional Police Command that disclosed this in an interview with the GNA said the Police conducted the swoop around 1830 hours at the local popular “Kaamu ghetto”, arrested the suspects and set the ghetto ablaze.

    The GNA learnt the ghetto remained a den for criminals who robbed and terrorized residents in the Municipality.

    When contacted, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Boakye Ansah, the Wenchi Divisional Police Commander confirmed but declined to comment further on the story.

    He, however, asked the GNA to follow up the story at the Bono Regional Police Command.

    Source: GNA

  • Man arrested for smuggling Indian hemp, lighter to remand prisoner in Accra

    A man has been nabbed for attempting to smuggle substances suspected to be Indian Hemp to a remand prisoner in Accra, the police said.

    Nurudeen Arafat was arrested on Friday, September 25, 2020 at about 18:30 hrs when he visited the Kaneshie Police Station where the yet-to-be-identified inmate was in custody.

    A search conducted in a polythene he was carrying retrieved seven wraps of dried substances suspected to be Indian Hemp and 27 pieces of tablets suspected to be Amphetamine.

    The other items include a packet of Rothmans cigarettes, six stripes of 5mg of Diazepam, and one lighter, according to an incident report sighted by Dailymailgh.com.

    The police said the items have since been retained and sent to the forensic laboratory for testing.

    The suspect has been detained assisting police in their investigations, the report indicated.

    Source: Daily Mail

  • 2 Busted for possessing 89 slaps of wee

    Police in the Bono Region have busted two people for allegedly possessing 89 compressed slabs of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.

    Abena Abuyaa, 71, and a 35-year-old farmer, Kwadwo Kintoh, popularly known as Ghanaboy, were arrested while trying to transact business on the Adantia-Badu road, near Sunyani in the Bono Region, at about 11:00 a:m, last Monday.

    Duty Patrol

    Officials of the Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) were on a mobile patrol duty on the road and upon a tip-off arrested Kintoh, who was riding a motorbike carrying three mini fertiliser sacks.

    The police inspected the sacks and found out that they contained the substance, compressed in black and brown sellotaped polythene bags, and therefore arrested him.

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    Download Graphic NewsPlus Upon interrogation, Kintoh alleged that he was contacted at Badu in the Tain District by one Atta, who released the motorbike to deliver the substance to Abuyaa who was waiting at the roadside near Adantia for collection.

    Kintoh agreed to lead the police to the location where Atta was, for further interrogation into the matter.

    Abuyaa, the police said, is a native of Yamfo in the Ahafo Region but is a trader resident at Bantama market in Kumasi.

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    Confirmation

    The Bono Regional Crime Officer of GPS, Superintendent Kwaku Duah, told The Mirror that when Atta spotted the police, he escaped but Abuyaa was arrested.

    He said both Kintoh and Abuyaa indicated that Atta was their partner who was waiting at the scene to receive the substance from Kintoh.

    Supt Nana Duah explained that Abuyaa and Atta had planned to transport the substance to Takoradi to supply a customer only known to Atta.

    Read:Woman, 71, grabbed with wee

    He said the intercepted substance was re-packed, sealed, labelled and certified by both suspects in the presence of an independent witness.

    The Police Superintendent explained that the substance would be forwarded to the police forensic science laboratory in Accra for analytical examination and report.

    He appealed to the public to assist the public with any information that could lead to the arrest of Atta, who is on the run.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • 3 alleged Indian hemp peddlers arrested

    Three young men who were transporting cannabis from Badum a farming community in the Tain District of the Bono Region, to Cape Coast have been arrested by Police in Techiman.

    The suspects; Adama Zakari, 32, Justice Yaw Yeboah, 28, and Augustine Antwi, 29, were arrested at Aworowa in the Techiman Municipality.

    Computer Engineer in court for possessing Indian hemp

    They packed the 165 compressed quantities of dried leaves, suspected to be Indian hemp in six fertilizer sacks in an Opel Astra taxi cab with registration number AW 5040- 13.

    One of them was riding an unregistered Yahama motorbike to spy the road.

    In an interview, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong said the suspects were arrested on September 25, around 2130 hours upon a tip-off.

    Police nab mason for possessing Indian hemp

    They have since been placed in police custody and would soon be arraigned before court for prosecution.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org