WEE

THE dream of a 28-year-old man to make money by peddling Indian hemp has landed him in trouble as he will spend the next 10 years of his life in jail.
The convict, Kwame Frimpong, alias Akiss, claimed to be a tanker wielder, but he abandoned his profession and decided to deal in Indian hemp to enable him to generate adequate resources to enhance his self-esteem.
His operations were, however, short-lived as he was arrested on March 25, 2010 when he was busily peddling the dried leaves at Old Tafo, a Kumasi suburb.
Sixty-seven wrapped pieces of dried substances suspected to be Indian hemp were retrieved from him when he was arrested, and a laboratory test conducted at the Police Forensic Laboratory confirmed the substances to be Indian hemp.
He was, therefore, charged with the offence of possessing illicit drugs without authority and arraigned before a Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Mr D.P. W. Amedior.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Doris Amewu, who prosecuted, told the court that on March 25, 2010, the police, acting on a tip-off that the Frimpong was dealing in Indian hemp, succeeded in arresting him at Old Tafo, a Kumasi suburb.
According to the prosecutor, the convict was arrested around 2 p.m. that day at a spot around Sofo Abebrese area at Old Tafo. When he was searched a black plastic bag containing 67 wrapped pieces of dried leaves later certified to be Indian hemp was found on him.
The prosecutor said Frimpong was then arrested to assist the police in their investigations while the substances were sent to the Police Forensic Unit for a test.
ASP Amewu said after test proved the dried leaves were Indian hemp, Frimpong was charged with an offence of illegal possession of narcotic substances and arraigned.