Three arrested as police seize 83.5 kg of cannabis in Kpalimé
Kpalimé police arrested three suspected cannabis traffickers and seized about 83.50 kg of cannabis on 4 November 2013. The police commissioner said the seizure came from several border and town locations, and the arrested people had already been transferred to Lomé civil prison by the press presentation.
Police had arrested three suspected cannabis traffickers by the time of the
presentation.[1]Kpalimé lies about 120 km north of Lomé.[2]
Police commissioner Makiliwè Kassim Katanga said the cannabis had been seized at
the Togo–Ghana border post at Kamétonou, at Klomayo’Ndi and Sévénocopé, and
within Kpalimé.[2]The cannabis was displayed in square parcels wrapped with
tape at the entrance to the police office.[1]
The three arrested people had already been transferred to Lomé civil prison by
the time police presented the cannabis to the press.[2]Katanga urged
residents to report suspicious people in their neighborhoods, cooperate with the
police and help eliminate insecurity in Kpalimé.[1]He gave 117 and 115 as
telephone numbers residents could use to alert officers.[1]
Photos and video
Photo of the cannabis seized in Kpalimé. Photo: Jack GabaPhoto details
Togo Actualité describes the 83.50 kg quantity as approximate; neither account gives a more precise measurement.
No charges or later court outcome for the three arrested suspects were reported.
The same police briefing included a separate suspected motorcycle-theft case, excluded from this cannabis report.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Chez nous au Togo (Mondoblog): At 9:30 on Monday, 4 November 2013, Kpalimé police presented 83.50 kg of seized cannabis to journalists at the town's police station.
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