A 20-year-old unemployed man, Richard Peprah has been convicted into three years’ imprisonment in hard labor by the Asamankese Court for Possession of narcotic drugs, contrary to section 37(1) of the Narcotic Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019).
The accused person was convicted on his plea when he appeared before the court presided over by His Honour Abass Abubakari Adams.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Samuel Appiatu Appiah the complainants, in this case, are Police officers at Asuom while the accused person also lives in the same town.
He said on 05/09/2021 at about 7:20am, the police at Asuom were out for an investigation on the suspicion of the accused recent involvement in a robbery and murder case which occurred on 05/08/2021 in which one was robbed and another was murdered and the Police spotted the accused at Asuom Amankwakrom and picked him for interrogation on the suspicion of a firearm without Authority.
During an investigation in his room, the Police found a yellow parcel containing cannabis (Indian hemp) and he admitted ownership of the drugs and said he sell it to some people at a mining site at Asuom.
The Police later sent the suspected Indian hemp for test and confirmation in Police Forensic Science Laboratory in Accra and the result confirmed that the drugs are original.
Later, the accused was arraigned before court for prosecution.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Mensah Atakora
