67 acres of cannabis destroyed at Boso in Eastern Region
A joint military, police and Narcotics Control Commission team destroyed about 67 acres of cannabis farms at Boso in the Eastern Region in the week before 27 August 2020. The growers fled before the raid, so no arrests were made; farming implements were seized.
🇬🇭 Boso, Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region · Ghana
A joint team of military and police personnel with Narcotics Control Commission operatives destroyed about 67 acres of cannabis farms at Boso in the Eastern Region, acting on a tip-off in the week before 27 August 2020.[1][2]The growers had fled by the time the team arrived, so no arrests were made; officers seized farming implements and kept investigating those behind the cultivation.[2]
NCC communications head Francis Opoku Amoah said unlicensed cultivation remained illegal under section 39 of the Narcotics Control Act (Act 1019), despite that year’s new medical and industrial provisions.[1][2]Those provisions allow only cannabis with under 0.3 per cent THC and require a licence from the interior minister; the Commission was still drafting the licensing rules.[2]
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