Police arrest man with 91 parcels of suspected Indian hemp at Circle
Ghana Police arrested 40-year-old Roger Borbobli at the VIP Bus Terminal at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra on 29 October 2026, finding 91 parcels of compressed dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in three suitcases. He remained in police custody, and police said the parcels would go to the forensic laboratory and that he would be brought before a court.
🇬🇭 VIP Bus Terminal, Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra · Ghana
The Ghana Police Service arrested 40-year-old Roger Borbobli at the VIP Bus
Terminal at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.[1][2][3][4][5][6]The arrest was made on Thursday
29 October 2026 by officers from the Office of the Special Operations Assistant
to the Inspector-General of Police.[7]Preliminary investigations found that
loading boys at the terminal smelled something unusual coming from the three
suitcases and alerted police.[1][2][3][4][8][5][6]Officers went to the terminal, arrested him
and retrieved the suitcases, which held 91 parcels of compressed dried leaves
suspected to be Indian hemp.[1][2][9][4][8][5][6]The suspect himself reportedly valued the
parcels at GH¢33,600.[1][2][3][4][6]
Borbobli allegedly told investigators he was a farmer from Sovie Kudzra, near
Kpando in the Volta North Region.[1][2][3][4][8][6]He reportedly admitted growing Indian
hemp but said the parcels had come from another farmer in the same community,
named as Benjamin.[1][2][3][4][8][6]
The police said the exhibits would be sent to the Police Forensic Crime
Laboratory for analysis and a report.[10][6]He remained in police custody,
assisting investigations, and police said he would be brought before a court.[1][2][3][4][6]The arrest was announced in a statement the police posted on Facebook.[7]
Police said the arrest on 29 October 2026 followed intelligence that he had been spotted at the terminal with three suitcases of suspected narcotics.[2][3][4][8][6]
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A man stands behind rows of parcels of suspected Indian hemp laid out on benches, in a police photograph released with the report. Photo: Ghana Police ServicePhoto details
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Source: MyJoyOnlineMore of the seized parcels spread out on benches, with a man standing behind them, in a police photograph released with the report. Photo: Ghana Police ServicePhoto details
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Source: MyJoyOnlineA police portrait of the arrested man, his face obscured, published with the report. Photo: Ghana Police ServicePhoto details
GhanaWebghanaweb.comPolice arrest farmer with 91 parcels of suspected Indian hemp at Circle
Graphic Onlinegraphic.com.gh40-year-old man arrested at VIP bus terminal attempting to travel with 91 parcels of ‘wee’ hidden in 3 suitcases
Starr FMstarrfm.com.ghPolice arrest man with 91 parcels of suspected Indian hemp at Circle
Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the 91 parcels, so the report records no kilogram figure.
The GH¢33,600 figure is the suspect's own reported valuation of the parcels, not a police assessment or an investigators' street-value estimate.
No charge, court date or court outcome has been reported; police said only that he was expected to be brought before a court.
All three accounts reproduce one police statement posted on Facebook, so no independent witness account of the arrest was found.
Police named a second farmer, Benjamin of Sovie Kudzra, as the source of the parcels; the reports do not say whether he was arrested or investigated.
The MyJoyOnline photographs carry no caption or credit on that page; their police origin is taken from the police statement and from Starr FM's credit on the same handout set.
Citi Newsroom does not name the Office of the Special Operations Assistant to the Inspector-General of Police, which Adom Online attributed the arrest to.
Citi Newsroom’s photograph is the same police handout already linked from MyJoyOnline (file 877508359), so it was not added again.
Graphic Online's headline describes the man as attempting to travel, but its article text reports only that he was arrested at the terminal.
The blog page states it is managed by its content creator and not GhanaWeb, so it provides no independent editorial verification beyond repeating the police statement.
Police in Ghana's Bono Region arrested a driver and his mate after finding 41 compressed slabs of suspected cannabis in a passenger bus at the Twumasikrom checkpoint on the Sunyani-Berekum highway. Officers refused the driver's GH¢9,000 offer to secure their release and kept the money as an exhibit; the two men remained in custody while the Drugs Law Enforcement Unit investigated.
Ghana's IGP Special Operations Team arrested 192 suspects in operations across Accra-area communities and the Eastern Region from October 2 to 29, 2026. Police recovered suspected Indian hemp in the Eastern Region with other suspected drugs, pharmaceuticals, firearms and ammunition, holding all suspects for investigation.
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Marine police on patrol found a fenced compound and a cannabis plantation behind it at Mangoase on 13 October, arresting 31-year-old Vincent Lotsu and seizing 16 sacks of dried leaves. Police sent the exhibits to the crime lab; Lotsu remains in custody pending arraignment.
