Bibiani farmer jailed five years for hemp hidden in his shoes
The Bibiani Circuit Court sentenced 35-year-old farmer Muntali Keyebu to five years' imprisonment on 6 February 2009 for possessing Indian hemp. Police had found four wrappers of the drug hidden in his shoes at Agyina the previous August.
The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by Emmanuel Ankomah, sentenced 35-year-old farmer Muntali Keyebu to five years’ imprisonment for possessing dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp on 6 February 2009.[1]He had pleaded not guilty.[1]
In August 2008 police in Bibiani received a tip-off that people were selling and smoking Indian hemp at Agyina, a suburb of the town, and armed officers rushed to the scene and arrested the accused.[1]Searching his room, they found four wrappers of dried leaves concealed in his pair of shoes.[1]Keyebu told the court he often smoked the substance for energy, and he was charged after further interrogation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
A Tarkwa Circuit Court fined 20-year-old labourer Kojo Sah Nkrumah GH¢120,000 after he pleaded guilty to possessing and selling cannabis and tramadol, with three years in prison if he does not pay. Police found 81 wrapped pieces of cannabis weighing 139.61 g, seven tramadol sachets and GH¢240 in cash when they arrested him at Tarkwa Railway Station in January 2025.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 139.61 gPrison 3 years in default of the fine
The Jasikan Circuit Court convicted Clinton Awuku, 23, of unlawful possession of narcotic plants for trafficking and sentenced him to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour, plus a fine of 10,000 penalty units or three more years. Police arrested him at Nkonya Ahenkro on 31 March 2026 with 21 compressed parcels of cannabis.
Arrested 1Charged 1Prison 10 years with hard labour
Ghana's courts acquitted and discharged Ama Forson, a Kasoa food vendor, in 2020 after she had served about four and a half years of an 11-year sentence for possessing cannabis that she always denied.
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.