Wee Nabbed In Diplomatic Vehicle

Two men are currently in the grips of the Volta Regional Police Command for attempting to use a fake diplomatic vehicle to convey suspected Indian hemp (aka wee).

DAILY GUIDE checks indicated that the vehicle - a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado – had a number plate reading CD 182-13, which falls within the British High Commission allotment of diplomatic numbers issued by the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) of Ghana.

The two, who have been identified as Ahmed Harunah, 39, and Akoto Castro, 24, were arrested last Sunday by the Volta Regional Highway Patrol Team.

They were busted at about 4pm at Frankadua in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, which is under the Peki Division of the Volta Regional Police Command.

The Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP Peterkin Yentumi Gyinae, who confirmed the arrest to DAILY GUIDE , indicated that the suspects were moving from Tsibu, near Peki which lies on the famous Eastern Corridor Road enroute to Accra, the national capital.

He said the diplomatic number plate, which was embossed on the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado being driven by Ahmed, heightened the suspicion of the patrol team.

The suspects with the wee
They then stopped the vehicle and searched it. They found seven maxi fibre sacks of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. After a thorough count, 446 compressed slabs of the substance were discovered.

DCOP Yentumi Gyinae said after interrogation, the two mentioned the owner of the illegal substance as one Afenyo of Dzemeni Tornu in the South-Dayi District of the region.

According to the police officer, they did not mention their destination in Accra. The suspects, he claimed, were to call Afenyo when they got to Accra for directions to the final destination of the suspected Cannabis Sativa.

The Regional Crime Officer, James Kofi Abraham, hinted that when questioned, the two confirmed that the number plate was a fake one which was provided by a friend who is an agent (also known as 'Goro Boy') of the DVLA in Accra.

Other checks by DAILY GUIDE also indicated that the Road Worthiness Certificate and the insurance documents were all issued with the same number and they all seemed to be genuinely done.

The Regional Commander was optimistic that the drug trade would surely be weeded out of the area.

This latest arrest comes barely two weeks after two police officers and a Nigerian were also busted with 1,051 slaps of the suspected substance at Sokode-Lokoe near Ho.

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 From Fred Duodu, Ho