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The exercise was carried out on the orders of the judge, Justice Justin K. Dorgu.
The exercise also saw burning 100 kg of Khat, a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, which is chewed and contains alkaline cathinone and a stimulant. cause excitement, loss of appetite, and euphoria.
It is mainly mailed by courier services from East Africa, mainly to Ethiopia, and reconditioned in Europe and North America.
The exercise of destruction was carried out in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, the Army, the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), the Judiciary, the Agency Environmental Protection (EPA) and Media
Background
NACOB in December 2017 seized a truckload of dried leaves suspected of being cannabis in Buokono, near Asesewa, in the district of Manya Krobo, in the Eastern region.
This was a traffic jam of a Dzemeni boat in the Volta region. and had unloaded its contents in a truck in a village near Asesewa, its final destination being Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region.
NACOB, in collaboration with the Asesewa District Police Command, intercepted the said truck registered as ER 105 – 13 and arrested the driver, a certain Stephen Narteh Sangmortey, while his accomplice fled by detecting the danger.
In all, 124 bags of dried leaves suspected of being cannabis sativa (wee) were recovered from the truck.
This consisted of 72 sacks of compressed dried leaves and 52 bags of uncompressed dried leaves, all suspected to be cannabis. The 72 bags of compressed dried leaves also contained 4,326 pieces of compressed cannabis
The alleged owner of the shipment, a certain Nicholas Lartey (aka Nharyo), has since fled.
NACOB urged the public to: voluntarily provide information that could lead to the arrest of persons suspected of engaging in drug-related activities, as it remains engaged in the fight against trafficking and smuggling Drugs
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