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Court
adjourns cocaine case involving two British girls
Accra, Aug 29, Ghanadot/GNA - A juvenile court trying two
British girls arrested with six kilograms of cocaine in July
this year on Wednesday adjourned to September 11, to enable
the defence open its case.
At Wednesday's sitting, the prosecution closed its
submissions.
The girls, both aged 16 years each are being represented by
a three-member defence team.
Last Wednesday, the court destroyed the six kilograms of
cocaine found in their possession.
The girls were arrested on July 2, 2007 at the Kotoka
International Airport (KIA) when they were going through
formalities to travel on a British Airways flight to London.
The cocaine was found concealed in two laptop bags, which
they were carrying.
They have since been charged with two counts of possessing
and attempting to traffic illegal substance out of the
country.
If convicted, the girls faced at least three years
imprisonment each.
During interrogation, the girls alleged that one Farham
Timothy, alias Fire, sent them to Ghana to meet two men
Kwame and Emmanuel for the bags containing the substances to
be brought to him for a fee of 6,000 pounds.
Police are still searching for those persons as well as one
Jay, also resident in the UK and was allegedly involved in
the deal.
GNA
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