By Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA
Tarkwa (W/R), Jan. 09, GNA – A Tarkwa
Circuit Court has admitted two persons to bail in the sum of GH¢10,000.00 each,
with a surety for each, for possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority.
The two, Amidu Sia, a trader and Bashiru
Seiba, a block moulder pleaded not guilty to the offence. They are to re-appear
before the court on 13th February 2020.
Police Chief Inspector Faustina Celestina
Anaman told the court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew that the
Asangrangwa Police Command had a tip-off that some miscreants were peddling
narcotic drugs at Dominase and its environs in the Wassa Amenfi West
Municipality.
The tip-off also had it that the suspects
were equally initiating the youth into the said business (narcotic drugs).
Based on the information, the Asangrangwa
police laid surveillance and bought wrappers of substance suspected to be
cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) from the suspects in order for easy
identification, should the police chanced on them.
On May 29, last year, between 1800 and 1930
hours, Chief Inspector Anaman said the District Commander and Divisional Crime
Officer of Asankrangwa, led a team of policemen to Dominase –Nkwanta and
Dominase near Asankrangwa, where the alleged drug dealers were transacting
their business
She said the team was divided into two
platoons for the villages and the first suspect, Sia, was seen holding a
polythene bag at Dominase.
The suspect on seeing the police, abandoned
the bag and fled, but he was pursued and arrested and when the bag was searched,
a parcel and some quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp was
found in it, prosecution narrated to the court.
The prosecutor said, the second suspect,
Seiba, was also seen at Dominase-Nkwanta actively working on some dried leaves
suspected to be Indian hemp in a rubber bucket and he was apprehended together
with the exhibits.
Inspector Anaman said the suspects were
brought to the Asankrangwa Police Station where a formal complaint was lodged
and they were detained for further investigations.
She told the court that their caution
statements were taken and the exhibits were also prepared and concealed in a
brown envelop all in the presence of an independent witness.
The exhibits have been forwarded to the
Police Forensic Crime Laboratory for examination and report, and after
investigation both suspects were charged with the offence, she added.
GNA
