{"id":363343,"date":"2016-06-09T17:12:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/local-news\/2016\/06\/09\/nacob-meets-over-alleged-assault-on-nigerien-suspect\/"},"modified":"2016-06-09T17:12:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:12:56","slug":"nacob-meets-over-alleged-assault-on-nigerien-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/06\/09\/nacob-meets-over-alleged-assault-on-nigerien-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"NACOB meets over alleged assault on Nigerien suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Akrasi-Sarpong.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), is in a meeting over the alleged assault of a Nigerien suspect at the premises of the High Court in Accra on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Halidu Moro, was first arrested at the Kotoka International Airport with $400,000 he was traveling with.<\/p>\n<p>The money was seized by the state, forcing\u00a0Moro to\u00a0file a suit challenging the seizure of his money.<\/p>\n<p>His application was granted and the court ordered the state to release his money back to him.<\/p>\n<p>Some officials of NACOB however arrested him outside the court after the ruling, and allegedly subjected him to severe beatings.<\/p>\n<p>The intervention of his lawyer, Afenyo Markin, and some family members, was not enough to stop the assault.<\/p>\n<p>Sources at NACOB have told\u00a0<strong>Citi News<\/strong> that the meeting will also discuss the reported arrest of some British and Ghanaians allegedly involved in a drug deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Telegraph last Monday reported that security personnel in the UK had arrested the suspects for exporting eight million pounds worth of cocaine from Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: Franklin Badu Jnr\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), is in a meeting over the alleged assault of a Nigerien suspect at the premises of the High Court in Accra on Wednesday. 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