Suspected Drug Peddlers Arrested

Three suspected wee peddlers believed to be the suppliers of narcotic drugs to armed robbers have been arrested.

ACP Felix Cosmos, the Baatsona Divisional commander told the media at a press briefing that suspects were apprehended upon a tip off.

Police got wind of their activities and apprehended them at their various hideouts at Lashibi.

The suspects are Charles Coffie, 31, Hamidu Latid, 21, and Regina Odai, 18.

ACP Cosmos said suspect Charles Coffie was first apprehended on October 6, 2017 in a wooden structure at Lashibi Celebrity Hills.

When a search was conducted in his apartment, a compressed slab of the dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp was found.

Other quantities of dried leaves concealed in polythene bags were also discovered.

He claimed ownership of the items but refused to disclose his source of supply to the police.

Suspect Hamidu Latif was also arrested on October 9, 2017 when police trailed two suspected armed robbers to his house.

Even though the suspected armed robbers escaped, police apprehended suspect Latif and when a search was conducted in his apartment also located at Lashibi, 360 sachets of dried leaves were discovered.

On October 12, 2017, the police finally apprehended suspect Regina Odai in a house she lives in with her mother after three jute sacks containing 297 slabs of the dried leaves suspected to be wee were uncovered in the house.

Her mother, name not yet known, escaped after realising that her daughter has been arrested.

The suspects are in police custody assisting in investigations.

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By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey