Three men jailed ten years each for hemp at Sefwi-Bekwai
The Bibiani Circuit Court sentenced three men to ten years each on 7 February 2009 for possessing five cocoa sacks of Indian hemp. Police had arrested them at Sefwi-Bekwai the previous August after a tip-off.
The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by Emmanuel Ankomah, sentenced three people to a combined 30 years’ imprisonment for possessing Indian hemp on 7 February 2009.[1]Akwasi George, a 30-year-old mason, Fani Kalim, a 26-year-old driver’s mate, and Sulemana Bukari, a 35-year-old farmer, had all pleaded not guilty and were each ordered to serve ten years.[1]
The three had been staying at Garo, a village near the Ghana-Togo border.[1]On 12 August 2008 at about 10 p.m., police in Bibiani received information that they held large quantities of suspected Indian hemp at Sefwi-Bekwai in the Western Region, detailed officers to the town, arrested them and found five cocoa sacks full of the substance on them.[1]They were charged after police investigations.[1]
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