Two arrested as police destroy 30 acres of cannabis at Peki enclave
A 60-strong joint police force arrested two suspected cannabis farmers and destroyed 17 farms covering about 30 acres in the Tome mountains between Peki and Boso. Officers using drones found a hundreds-of-acres enclave they could only partly clear before dark.
A sixty-strong joint police force arrested two suspected cannabis farmers and destroyed seventeen farms covering about thirty acres in the Tome mountains between Peki and Boso.[1]The team, drawn from the national Drug Law Enforcement Unit, SWAT, the regional CID in Ho and the Peki divisional command and led by unit director Superintendent David Selorm Hukporti, acted on gathered intelligence after picking up the first suspect and then the second.[1]
Officers assisted by drones found an enclave of hundreds of acres in which each plantation was demarcated with rows of corn and dotted with hamlets sheltering the growers; they managed to destroy only about a fifth before dark and placed the area under surveillance for a return.[1][2]The Gyaasehene of Boso, Nana Adu Kwaku II, disputed reports linking the farms to Boso, saying officers had passed through Boso only because no route existed from the neighbouring towns where the farms lie.[2]
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The report is dated at the 12 June publications; Radio 1 says the raid happened last week, so the exact day is uncertain.
IGNews reports 17 farms of about 30 acres destroyed, while Radio 1 says the team cleared only about a fifth of a hundreds-of-acres enclave, with further destruction planned.
The Boso chief disputes that any farm lies on Boso land; the report follows the outlets in placing the enclave between Peki and Boso.
The destruction of about 67 acres at Boso later in August 2020 is recorded in a separate report.
NACOC's Upper West Regional Command and the Ghana Immigration Service destroyed several cannabis farms at Siiru in the Nadowli District, burning plants found in unfinished buildings, in front of homes and beside maize fields. Officers then met residents to warn about the legal consequences of cannabis cultivation and asked them to report illicit drug growing and distribution.
Sixty officers from Ho destroyed two marijuana plantations totalling eight acres in the Peki Dzake forest on 16 July 2026 after a tip-off. Growers fled before officers arrived; police seized a hunting gun spotted nearby and said a wider mop-up of the enclave would follow.
On 9 July 2026 about 60 Ghana Police officers cut down and burned 11 mature cannabis farms in the Peki-Dzake enclave of South Dayi district after intelligence on remote cultivation. The Ghana News Agency put the cleared area at about eight acres; growers fled before officers arrived and no arrests were reported.
After arresting one suspect on 15 June 2026, Eastern Region police burned cannabis on two farms totalling six acres at Akyeremanteng in Yilo Krobo, with illegal grid connections and irrigation. Other cultivators escaped when residents alerted them; the suspect was expected in court.
