The Breman Asikuma
District Magistrate Court has remanded a 53-year-old farmer,
Kobina Asare, in prison custody for possessing dried leaves
suspected to be Indian Hemp.
His plea was not taken and will re-appear on January 27.
Chief Inspector Gershon Awuyee told the court that on
December 12, 2010, the police personnel in Breman Asikuma
organized a raid and arrested Asare in his house with 53 wrappers
of the leaves.
Chief Inspector Awuyee said, during investigations Asare led
the police to a nearby bush where two and a half bags of the same
leaves were retrieved.