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By Caleb Kuleke / Perfect Letsa, RNG
Ho, July 09, GNA – A Ho circuit has
convicted Kwame Ayivi, also known as Igwe, aged 40, bearer, at eight weeks
imprisonment for hard labor for drug trafficking.
He must also pay a fine of 100
units, equivalent to 1,200.00 GH or failing that, serve an additional eight weeks
imprisonment.
Prosecutor, Police Inspector Agnes Ahiable,
told the court chaired by Ms Priscilla Dikro Ofori that the complainant had
in the case was a policeman from the headquarters of the Ho Regional Police,
The accused was alao and resided in Abaliakope, a suburb of Aflao.
The prosecution declared on July 25, 2017 that the
The complainant has engaged in counter-narcotics operations in Aflao
surroundings.
He said during the operation, the
the complainant went to the accused's home and, where a search was made, a
dried leaves suspected of being hemp were found in the bed of the accused
piece.
The prosecution said when the accused heard
that the police came to his house and found the alleged Indian hemp he went into
hidden.
He told the witnesses in the case who were
the house claimed that the substance belonged to the accused and that they were brought
with the substance at the criminal investigation of the Volta Regional Police
Department (CID) for further investigation.
The prosecution stated that the substance was subsequently
sent to the forensic laboratory of the police on January 11, 2018, for badysis and
The result of the test confirmed that the substance was cannabis with a net weight of
335.11g.
He said on July 4, 2018, the accused
resurfaced and was arrested by Afao police and charged.
The court also ordered that the drugs be
destroy.
GNA
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