<\/a>Three persons, including a minor, have been arrested in connection with the seizure of a large quantity of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, in transit to Niger.<\/p>\nIddrisu Katumi, 42, a driver, Majeed Issaka, 23, together with the juvenile, said to be a driver\u2019s-mate, had compressed the substance into 125 parcels and hidden them in a compartment of a DAF bus.<\/p>\n
They were put before a Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Mr William Boampong on Friday and were denied bail.<\/p>\n
The two accused adults were remanded in prison custody while the minor was asked to be held in a police juvenile cell.<\/p>\n
They are facing charges of possessing narcotic drugs without lawful custody and possessing narcotic drug without lawful authority.<\/p>\n
Their pleas were not taken and they would make their next court appearance on Thursday, March 13.<\/p>\n
Two other accomplices are on the run and the Police Inspector Gulliver Kwabena Tenkorang told the court that the police were doing everything to arrest and bring them to justice.<\/p>\n
He said the substance was intercepted at about midnight on February 24, at a snap checkpoint the police mounted at Suame in Kumasi based on a tip off.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said the police was working hard to trace the source of supply.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three persons, including a minor, have been arrested in connection with the seizure of a large quantity of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, in transit to Niger. Iddrisu Katumi, 42, a driver, Majeed Issaka, 23, together with the juvenile, said to be a driver\u2019s-mate, had compressed the substance into 125 parcels and hidden them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[17],"yoast_head":"\n
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