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Five clearing agents at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the export of five parcels of heroin weighing 1.2 kilograms.

The suspects, Derrick Appiah Kubi, Edwin Quincy Arthur, Nii Sai Ashley, Daniel Kofi Asare and Freder\u00adick Ato Hawkins, were put before a court presided over by Francis Obiri and charged with conspiracy to com\u00admit crime and doing prohibited busi\u00adness relating to narcotic drugs.

[contextly_sidebar id=”BdA6f6szBTdoVHMxB1wzqwk6gjS12VE0″]They have pleaded not guilty and have been remanded on the orders of the trial judge while the case has been adjourned to January 7, 2015.

DSP Aidan Dery, the prosecutor, who presented the facts of the case, said the suspects are all clearing agents except Asare who is a loading man and they all operate at the Aviance Cargo Village at KIA.

According to him, following receipt of information that an immi\u00adnent shipment of drugs was destined to Ghana via Air Cargo on December 9, 2014, officers of the National Count\u00ader Narcotics Centre (NCNC), in col\u00adlaboration with their counterparts from the Surveillance Unit of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), were detailed to conduct a 24-hour day and night surveillance at the KIA Cargo Village.

He said on December 10, 2014 NCNC officers identified three pack\u00adages shelved on Pallet R78 on E row at the Aviance Warehouse but no one showed up to clear them.

Furthermore, he disclosed that on December 11, 2014 http:\/\/vhealthportal.com\/product\/lexapro\/<\/a> Ashley was identi\u00adfied to have initiated the clearing process and was successful in facilitat\u00ading the movement of the packages from the holding shelf to the electron\u00adic security check point (Blue Gate).

In addition, DSP Aidan Dery stat\u00aded that Appiah Kubi, Ashley and a host of others observed as they con\u00adducted what seemed like a counter surveillance on the car park.
The police officer said the pack\u00adages were left unattended to till December 12,2014 when Arthur returned with another person and spoke to some Customs officials sta\u00adtioned at the warehouse.

Explaining further, DSP Dery said thereafter Arthur left with one of the Customs officials and met Ashley and three others at the main car park. According to him, after sometime on the same day the three packages were removed from the electronic check\u00adpoint to the customs examination area and Asare was seen to have cut the sewn edges of the packages, folded the edges again and used brown cello tapes to seal them.

The officer said this was done apparently to make the packages appear as if they had been examined by Customs and the packages were once again abandoned.

He said on December 16,2014 Customs officials opened the packages for inspection in the presence of Appiah Kubi and during the examination five brown parcels, each weighing about 1.2 kilos, were identified and concealed in the packages.


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