three arrested for cocaine

Back Page: October 16, 2007
Story: Albert K. Salia

THREE suspected drug dealers have been arrested at Nsumfa, near Sowutuom in Accra, with large quantities of narcotics.
A total of 21,262.1714 grammes, made up of 19 slabs of suspected cocaine, 101 thumb-size pellets and a quantity of a white powdery substance were retrieved from under a bed at the residence of Alhaji Kofi Dauda, one of the suspects.
The other suspects are Atta Kwasi and Kofi Akuoko. The three have been remanded into police custody, pending further investigations, and they are to re-appear before court on October 23, 2007.
A test conducted on the substance by the Ghana Standards Board on October 4, 2007 proved positive for cocaine.
In addition, one Thunder 380 pistol, with 51 rounds of ammunition, a cap-gun and a large number of Sellotapes were also retrieved from the residence of Alhaji Dauda, who is a businessman.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, the acting Director of Police Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwasi Ofori, said the exercise was undertaken by a combined team of officers from the Critical Incident Response Team, the Organised Crime Unit and the Crime Scene Management Team of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
He said the Police Administration had embarked on a crusade to rid the country of drug barons and appealed to members of the public who knew the activities of drug barons to provide such information to the police.
He noted that the exercise at Sowutuom was carried out upon a tip-off by an informant and commended the informant for assisting the police to arrest those criminals.
DSP Ofori said the police saw informants as partners in fighting crime and would continue to treat them as such.