SIXTEEN SUSPECTS have been nabbed with substances suspected to be marijuana also known as ‘ganja’ and they are being screened by the police in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region.
The arrested suspects include two females, who have been identified by the security agents as Esther Blessing, 26 and Abena Rose, 31 years old.
The remaining 14 suspects, who are all males, include Felix Nyamekye, 33, Rashid Mohammed, 44 and Mohammed Yasir, 35.
The others are Kofi Afriyie, 31 and Opoku Agyemang, 34, Gideon Ofori, 23, Pascal Erahh, 23, Jeff Boakye, 20 and Jeremiah Asare, 27.
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Then rest are David Boakye Ansah, 28, Masaud Abdul Karim, 25 and Marfo Yaw, 37, Abena Rose, 31, Kwasi Sarpong, 35 and Kwadwo Peprah, 23.
They were arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police during an operation on November 4 to stop Wee smoking and selling.
The police swoop was conducted at Asafo, Mayanka, Amakom, Sokoban Krofrom and Konkoli, which are all within Kumasi.
The police said quantities of suspected cannabis and wraps of powdery substances were retrieved from the suspects during the arrest.
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According to a police document seen by this portal, investigations into those who have been apprehended, were still ongoing.
“Suspects would be thoroughly screened and those found connected to the exhibits would be processed for court”, the police report said.
Police Men Beaten
In April this year, two community Police Officers were battling for their lives after they were subjected to severe beatings by an agitated gang of wee smokers.
The community police officers identified as Owura and Exhibit took an amount of GHC 1000 from the gang and claimed they were sent by the Police Commander in the community as a fee to bail one of the gang leaders who was in police custody following his arrest for his involvement in a crime
Speaking on Angel FM in Kumasi, the Assembly Member of the Abisim Daman Electoral area Hon Ransford Osei confirmed that the money was indeed taken by the two community police officers to help them release one of their members of the gang who was arrested for smoking weed.
The incident occurred in two separate communities Juaben Asokwa and Juaben Abisim respectively.
He noted that the gang after giving the money to the community police personnel was expecting their member to be released but nothing of that happened days after.
They further went to enquire about the issue from the police command but they were told nobody sent them (Community police) to take such money.
This confirmation from the police made the weed gang lose their temper and went to the houses of these community police officers, dragged them out and started beating them.
