{"id":217897,"date":"2016-05-29T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T16:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=217897"},"modified":"2016-05-29T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T16:22:53","slug":"allotey-jacobs-not-arrested-in-uk-jon-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/allotey-jacobs-not-arrested-in-uk-jon-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"Allotey Jacobs not arrested in UK \u2013 Jon Benjamin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin has denied reports that \u00a0the Central Regional Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs has been arrested in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of Allotey Jacobs busted at the Heathrow Airport on Sunday by the UK National Crime Agency on suspected money laundering and cocaine trafficking went viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The unconfirmed report also said Ghana\u2019s High Commissioner to the UK, Victor Smith had dispatched officials of the High Commission to rescue the NDC chairman.<\/p>\n<p>But Jon Benjamin in responding to the report on Twitter said \u201cthe story is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that the rumour about Mr. Jacobs is definitely not true&#8230;Mr. Allotey Jacobs transited Heathrow this morning without incident,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217900 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/jon-benjamin-3.png\" alt=\"jon benjamin 3\" width=\"588\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217899 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/jon-benjamin-2.png\" alt=\"jon benjamin 2\" width=\"598\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. 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