Police burn 47,530 kg of Indian hemp in Ho on court order
Volta Regional Police burned 600 sacks of Indian hemp weighing 47,530 kg at the Klefe dumping site in Ho on 17 November 2025. The stock, seized in 2022 in the case against Yao Kwadwo and two others, was destroyed after the Ho Circuit Court ordered its disposal once the exhibits were tendered in evidence.
The Volta Regional Police Command burned 600 fertilizer sacks of Indian hemp at the Klefe dumping site in Ho on Monday 17 November 2025.[1][2]The consignment weighed 47,530 kg, with an estimated face value of about GH¢4.2 billion.[1][2]
The stock had been seized in 2022 in the case The Republic versus Yao Kwadwo, also known as Wallako, and two others.[1][2]The Ho Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Felix Datsumor, ordered the destruction after the exhibits were tendered in evidence.[1][2]The destruction was announced in a statement signed by Chief Inspector Francis Kwaku Gomado.[2]
The exercise was supervised by officials of the Circuit Court, the Attorney General’s office, the Narcotics Control Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency, with the police and national security present.[1][2]
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