The Western Regional Police Command has mounted a hunt for the accomplices of a 56-year-old man who was arrested last Friday with more than 15 jumbo size sacks stuffed with dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp (wee).
The police impounded two large “Ghana Must Go” bags and 80 large wrappers, also loaded with the substance, from a room on the first floor of a building located in New Takoradi in the twin-city Sekondi/Takoradi.
Samuel Enyan, the suspect, was arrested following a tip-off by personnel of the Narcotics Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after two weeks of surveillance.
The suspect, Samuel Enyan, 56, and one lady whose name the police gave only as Veronica are currently in police custody.
After her arrest Veronica had to be rushed to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital for medical attention as she was sweating profusely.
Briefing the press, the Western Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mohammed Arhmed Alhassan, attributed the success of the operation to public-police co-operation.
“The sacks were packed in a room in a manner that makes it very difficult for anybody to detect but with the co-operation of the public we uncovered it,” said DCOP Alhassan.
He said if that level of public-police co-operation continued, the police would be able to reduce the crime rate in the metropolis and its environs to be minimum.
He called on members of the public not to feel intimidated by the police and refuse to volunteer information that would help protect society.
He said: “The police officer cannot be everywhere at all times. Therefore, with the help of members of the public who share the dream of a crime-free society, life will be better than this.”
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