A 27-year old store keeper, Kwabena Nkrumah, has been remanded into prison custody for allegedly possessing narcotics drug without authority.
His plea was not taken and would re-appear before the court on February, 16
The Prosecuting, Detective Chief Inspector Oscar Amponsah, told a Tarkwa Circuit court, presided over by Mr. Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew, that the complainants were police officers stationed at Wassa Akropong while the accused lives at Wassa Afransie in the Amenfi East District of the Western Region.
He said on January 18 last year, the complainants had a tip-off that Nkrumah was offering some dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp for sale at a drinking spot.
In view of this, the police personnel laid ambush around the spot and the accused was arrested in an attempt of selling the leaves to a customer.
The police also retrieved some quantities of the dried leaves in a bag at the premises.
According to the Prosecutor, the exhibits would be forwarded to the Police Forensic Laboratory for examination.
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