Five wee
sellers and smokers arrested by Winneba Police
Winneba (C/R) June 14,
Ghanadot/GNA— The Winneba Police on Saturday arrested
five people suspected to be dealing in wee, during a dawn
raid on their hide-outs in the Effutu Municipality.
The Municipal Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of
Police (ASP) Francis Yiribaare who made this known to the
Ghana News Agency in Winneba, listed the suspects as Customs
Newton, Ebenezer Bonney, Joseph Kwaw Acheampong, Kofi Anan
and Mohammed Alhassan.
They were arrested at Winneba Zongo, Methodist Primary B
School, Sankro beach and the Boatyard after a tiff off.
He said a search on the suspects unveiled some dried leaves
suspected to be Indian hemp.
ASP Yiribaare said the leaves would be sent to the Police
Crime Laboratory in Accra, for examination before the
suspects would be arraigned.
He said the police had intensified their operations against
criminals and urged the public to co-operate by giving them
information about their hideouts.
GNA
