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Plan to smuggle narcotics foiled - Man aborts 100 cocaine
pellets
Accra, Feb. 13, Ghanadot/GNA - An Accra
Circuit Court on Wednesday remanded into police custody
Mohammed Osafo, a Ghanaian resident in Amsterdam for
attempting to export 100 pellets of cocaine out of the
country.
Osafo whose plea was not taken is being held for attempted
exportation of narcotic drugs without licence.
Superintendent of Police, Mr J.K. Abraham told the court
that on February 6, this year, at about 8:30 pm, Osafo
arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to board a
KLM flight to Amsterdam.
While going through departure formalities, officials of the
Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) suspected him of carrying
drugs in his stomach.
Prosecution said the NACOB officials escorted him to the 37
Military Hospital for an x-ray examination, which proved
that he had some foreign materials in his stomach.
He said Osafo was therefore arrested and under observation
for two days he expelled 100 pellets of whitish substances
suspected to be cocaine.
The prosecution said during interrogation, Osafo stated that
the substance was given to him by one Kwame aka Wofa Siaka
at Kwashieman, near "Been To" area to be delivered to one
Joe for a fee of 3,000 Euros.
In another development, the court remanded into police
custody Kwabena Opoku Manu for attempting to export 90
pellets of cocaine to Spain.
Manu whose plea was not taken would reappear on February 26.
The accused was arrested at KIA on February 6, this year,
when he was going through boarding formalities.
GNA
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