The Eastern Regional Police Command has so far destroyed 25 acres of Indian hemp farms in some communities in the Yilo Krobo District. The communities include Huhunya, Boti, Nkurakan, Bosomtwi and Sikaben.
In most places marijuana plants and seedlings were intercropped with plantain, maize and cassava.
The destruction was carried out by a team of policemen from the Eastern Regional Command, led by Superintendent John A. Naami.
In addition to the destruction of farms, 48 maxi bags of leaves suspected to be Indian hemp have been seized from various places where they had been hid and warehouses most of them in the mountainous parts of Huhunya.
Briefing the press after a media tour of some of the farms at Huhunya on Wednesday, Superintendent Naami said the operation, which coincided with the wee-growing season, would be intensified to discourage other potential growers from cultivating the plant. He said some of the farmers even destroyed the crop before the special team arrived.
Superintendent Naami said those who were arrested during the operation had been put before court.
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old farmer, Abraham Narh, who allegedly shot and killed his colleague, Stephen Tetteh, 30, on September 24, this year for allegedly refusing to be part of a robbery gang, is in police custody assisting in investigations.
The suspect, who claimed to be working for some of the Indian hemp growers at Huhunya, is currently assisting the police to identify the various Indian hemp farms in the area.
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