On 12 September 2014, an Accra circuit court remanded Police Chief Inspector Paul Akpabli with driver Peter Kamasah and driver’s mate Daniel Ekualiho over 283 slabs of suspected cannabis found in a bus stopped between Kpeve and Dzodze in the Volta Region.[1] The three faced two counts, conspiracy to commit crime and possession of narcotic drugs without lawful authority, and all pleaded not guilty.[1][2] The court remanded them into police custody to reappear on 25 September.[1]

The prosecution said the bus, loaded with seven fertiliser sacks of compressed slabs, was stopped on 10 August on its way from Kpeve to Dzodze.[1] Kamasah and Ekualiho told police they had been contracted by a man of Dzodze, who gave them 400 cedis and Akpabli’s phone number, and that Akpabli met them at Kpeve, took the money, loaded the sacks at Kpeve-Tornu and was to escort the bus to Dzodze before they were arrested halfway.[1][2] Police retrieved 1,100 cedis from the inspector, including the 400 cedis in 20-cedi notes the pair said they had handed over, and cited phone calls between the driver and Akpabli on the day.[1][2]