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Cocaine in palm nut soup export cans destroyed
Accra Feb. 15, Ghanadot/GNA - An Accra
Fast Track High Court on Friday ordered the destruction of
60 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in cans labelled Ghana
Fresh palm nut intercepted at the Aviance Cargo Village in
October last year.
This was after Detective Sergeant Joseph Akwei, Bureau of
National Investigations and the sixth prosecution witness
testified and tendered the 60 tins of cocaine with the
street value of three million dollars in evidence.
The witness was testifying in a case in which Emmanuel Kweku
Darkey, a 50 year-old Ghanaian based in the United Kingdom
was arrested by security personnel when he allegedly
attempted to export the 60 tins of cocaine to the United
Kingdom.
Darkey has pleaded not guilty and has been remanded into
prison custody to reappear on February 22.
The order followed Mr. William Kpobi, Principal State
Attorney's prayer to the court for an order to destroy them
as soon as they were tendered in evidence.
The court, presided over by Mr. Justice K. A Acquaye obliged
and ordered that the destruction be supervised by the an
official of the Judicial Service, officials from the
Narcotic Control Board (NACOB), Ghana Standard Board (GSB),
Environmental Protection Agency and the media at the
Independence Square.
Mr Attah Akyea, who represented Darkey did not object to the
admission of the tins of substance in evidence.
In October last year, security personnel suspected the
movement of boxes containing vegetables and arrested Kirk
Patrick Bekoe, the freight forwarder, now a prosecution
witness, who in turn led them to arrest Darkey.
Dakey during interrogation, claimed he came to Ghana to
purchase vegetables, adding that, the consignment were
allegedly given to him by one Michael Osei to add to his,
although he did not know the content.
A field test proved the substance positive to cocaine.
GNA
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