{"id":703510,"date":"2019-09-11T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/11\/3-women-36-others-arrested-for-drug-peddling\/"},"modified":"2019-09-11T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:19:17","slug":"3-women-36-others-arrested-for-drug-peddling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/11\/3-women-36-others-arrested-for-drug-peddling\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Women, 36 Others Arrested For Drug Peddling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A swoop conducted by the Jamestown<br \/>\nPolice, have led to the arrest of three women and 36 men, suspected to be<br \/>\ntrading in Narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, whose identities have<br \/>\nbeen withheld by the police, were arrested at a drinking spot called<br \/>\n\u201cKonkonsa\u201d bar\u00a0located at Agbogbloshie, and Bukom Gardens on<br \/>\nSeptember 3, 2019, at dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Some quantities of dried leaves<br \/>\nsuspected to be Indian hemp and other drugs suspected to be tramadol were<br \/>\ndiscovered on the suspects, according to the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jamestown District Police<br \/>\nCommander, Superintendent Samuel Odame, who confirmed the arrest to <strong><em>DAILY<br \/>\nGUIDE,<\/em><\/strong> said his district\u00a0embarked on the swoop to clamp down on<br \/>\nthe activities of narcotic drug peddlers and other criminal activities perpetrated<br \/>\nby some individuals in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He said\u00a0the\u00a0command\u2019s\u00a0first<br \/>\npoint of strike was Konkonsa bar at Agbogbloshie, where 27 suspects were<br \/>\narrested with quantity of wraps of leaves suspected to be narcotic drugs, retrieved<br \/>\nfrom them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team later proceeded to<br \/>\nBukom Gardens where 12 suspects were rounded up, also with quantity of wraps of<br \/>\nleaves suspected to be narcotic drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said while leaving the area,\u00a0a<br \/>\ncrowd at Bukom pelted personnel\u00a0with stones.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that the suspects have<br \/>\nalready been screened by the police\u00a0and were in the process of prosecuting<br \/>\nthem in court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A swoop conducted by the Jamestown Police, have led to the arrest of three women and 36 men, suspected to be trading in Narcotics. 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