THE swift response of personnel of the Police Narcotic Unit in Kumasi on the operations of a drug peddler at Anwiam, a suburb of Kumasi, has led to the arrest and incarceration of the peddler to a 10-year jail term by a Kumasi Circuit court.
The convict, Baba Akoliya, 29, was arrested on January 8, 2010, at a drinking spot following a tip off by concerned residents.
A polythene bag which contained 19 parcels of dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp were neatly packed in a black polythene bag he was holding.
Following his arrest and the retrieval of the dry substances, a laboratory test conducted at the Police Forensic Unit confirmed that the leaves were Indian Hemp and this paved way for the police to charge him with an offence of possessing illicit drugs without authority.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge , but after the trail, the court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel Amoo-Yartey, found him guilty of the offence and convicted him to serve the 10-year jail term with hard labour.
Presenting the facts before the court at an earlier hearing, the Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Fandoh, said the convict is noted for peddling Indian hemp at Anwiam and its environs.
He said concerned residents had raised issues on his operations on countless occasions, but he had always ignored their concerns by openly peddling the substances to a section of the youth, many of whom were becoming addicted.
He said following a tip off about the operations of the convict, the police responded swiftly, and around 8p.m. on January 8, 2010, they pounced on him at a drinking spot at Anwiam where he was peddling the substances.
Chief Inspector Fandoh said a search conducted on the convict revealed 19 parcels of wrappers of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp and a laboratory test also confirmed the substances to be Indian Hemp so he was charged with the offence.
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