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Police commander
warns foreigners engaged in the cannabis business
Hohoe, April 1, Ghanadot/GNA-Mr Kofi Adei-Akyeampong, Hohoe
Divisional Police Commander has warned foreign nationals
especially Jamaicans, who are financiers in the cultivation of
cannabis in commercial quantities to desist from their nefarious
activities or face the rigours of the law.
He said these foreign nationals with their Ghanaian
collaborators have cropped large plantations of cannabis
extensively in the northern part of the Volta region for both
local and international trade and consumption.
Mr Adei-Akyeampong disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in an
interview after a team of Policemen on Tuesday concluded the
destruction of the over 80 acres cannabis plantation at Kpota
near Akplamafu in the Hohoe Municipality.
Police had to re-mobilize more personnel to destroy the vast
plantation after a swoop, which led to the arrest of seven
people including a Liberian national, last week and they could
only manage to destroy six acres.
He said public co-operation in volunteering information on the
activities of growers of cannabis in the area has been
overwhelming and commended the efforts of members of the public
in the search-and-destroy operation.
Mr Adei-Akyeampong said weedicides were sprayed on the plants
after slashing, making it unwholesome for consumption and
safeguard against people who might want to harvest the stuff
from the farms.
He said surveillance would be deployed and any person or groups
of people found with the commodity would be liable for
prosecution and thanked the Hohoe branch of the Ghana Cocobod
for making available its spraying guns for the exercise.
Meanwhile, the six suspects who were arrested on March 22, this
year, in connection with the cultivation of cannabis at Kpota
have been remanded into prison custody by a Hohoe Circuit Court,
presided over by Mr Edward Apenkwa.
They were charged with the cultivation of the plant for narcotic
purposes contrary to Section 4 sub-section 1 of PNDC Law 236/90.
Their plea were not taken and were billed to re-appear on April
17, this year.
They are Raphael Atuwo, 35; Wisdom Azameti, 17; Enoch Deti, 15;
Kwasi Abror, 14; Samuel Tenu, 14 and Say Sorry, 26, alias
Maxwell, the Liberian.
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