Story: Nana Konadu Agyeman, Akropong
A 39-year-old self-employed man has been arrested at Amanfro, a village in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region, for possessing eight sackloads of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
The suspect, James Otoo alias Nii Aboo, a resident of Kanda in Accra, who said he was a supplier of stationery, computers and accessories, was arrested together with the substance in his VW Passat estate car.
This was after he and his driver, Samuel Hyde, who is on the run, had spotted the police at a checkpoint at Amanfro and made a swift turn to flee with the stuff.
Briefing newsmen at Akropong on Tuesday, the Akropong Divisional Police Commander, ACP Kofi Adai Acheampong, said on Sunday December 9, this year, the police received information from Chief Inspector Shehu Boakye of the Amanfro Police Station that some people suspected to be thieves were in the surrounding villages stealing sheep and goats.
ACP Acheampong said he immediately asked the police there to mount roadblocks at the nearby villages to prevent the thieves from fleeing the area.
He said the following day, the police were again informed that a vehicle which was coming from Sanfrano, a nearby village, to Amanfro had made a quick turn and was heading towards Otareso, another village in the area, when the driver saw the police barrier.
According to him, Chief Inspector Boakye, in the accompany of a friend, pursued the fleeing vehicle on his motorbike to Otareso and with the support from the people in the area, they were able to locate the vehicle with Otoo standing by it, while his driver, Hyde, ran into a nearby bush.
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