{"id":316930,"date":"2017-05-06T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=316930"},"modified":"2017-05-06T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T14:23:08","slug":"man-caught-with-240-grams-marijuana-remanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/man-caught-with-240-grams-marijuana-remanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Man caught with 240 grams marijuana remanded"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire, has remanded in prison a man allegedly caught with 240.35 grams of marijuana.<\/p>\n
Yaw Frimpong, 28, is facing a charge of possessing narcotic drug without lawful authority and had pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
He was ordered by the court to make his next appearance on Thursday, May 11<\/span>.<\/p>\n Police Chief Inspector Timothy Amoako told the court that the accused was arrested at Afrancho, near Kumasi, by officers of the Police Drug Enforcement Unit on December 18, 2015.<\/p>\n He was found carrying the dried leaves in a black polythene bag and was seized together with the leaves.<\/p>\n Frimpong, the prosecution said, told investigators that a man, nicknamed \u201cNo-fuck-am\u201d was his source of supply but could not lead them to his place to arrest him.<\/p>\n Laboratory test has confirmed that the stuff was indeed marijuana.<\/p>\n The trial Judge asked the prosecution to speed up things for the case to begin since the Attorney-General had already given its advice.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire, has remanded in prison a man allegedly caught with 240.35 grams of marijuana. Yaw Frimpong, 28, is facing a charge of possessing narcotic drug without lawful authority and had pleaded not guilty. He was ordered by the court to make his next appearance on Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[3804,3,1870],"yoast_head":"\n