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The trial of the chief Executive Officer of Exopa Modelling Agency, Sima Ibrahim, for allegedly attempting to export substances believed to be narcotic was yesterday adjourned to October 12, 2009. The adjournment resulted from the fact that the court hearing the case did not sit. A crowd many of whom included models of his agency, thronged the court premises to show solidarity. Court clerks gave the new date to prosecutors and counsel or the accused person. On Septemer 23, 2009, the prosecution had sought an adjournment to await the final report on the suspected substances which were found on Ibrahim from the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) but counsel for the accused person, Mr. Kwame Boafo Akuffo, did not take kindly to the adjournment, saying that at the previous sitting the court had been made aware that investigations had been completed to pave way for the case to proceed. Ibrahim is in prison custody on two counts of attempted exportation of narcotic drugs and possession of narcotic drugs without license. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges at the Accra Fast Track High Court. The court presided over by Mr. Justice Charles Quist ordered the police to continue to hold a Range Rover vehicle which they impounded from the residence of the model, until otherwise directed. Ibrahim 39, was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport about 11p.m on September 7, 2009 while he was going through departure formalities to travel to Germany.