The Afram Plains North District office of the Forestry Commission of Ghana in the Eastern region has arrested five suspects including a Senior High School teacher for farming cannabis in a forest reserve.
They were arrested whilst working on about 80 hectares of cannabis farm inside the forest. The cannabis farm is arguably the largest ever cannabis farm identified in Ghana.
The suspects include Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School said to be the leader of the group. The rest of the accomplices are Blewu Nomenyo, Korsi Mawuena, Charles Kale, and Emmanuel Kojo.
More than ten other suspects met on the cannabis farm however managed to escape after an attempted attack on the forestry officials.
The Forestry operation team led by the District Forestry Manager Richard Amoateng retrieved 3 big sacks, and 6 mini sacks of the harvested Cannabis, 5 Plastic water containers filled with harvested cannabis, cutlasses, alcohol laced with cannabis, and many others.
The suspects had also nursed many seedlings of cannabis to be planted.
The team also counted about 13 tents on the farm that accommodated them.
They had also erected a warning sign “Don’t attempt”
The Afram Plains North district forestry manager Richard Amoateng said they are remobilizing together with the police to destroy the farm in Obour Nkrumah forest reserve.
Source: Mybyrtnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
