By Felix Engsalige
Nyaaba
A Nigeria young lady who was
arrested by police last Sunday for engaging in the sale of narcotic drugs known
as India Hemps (Wee) at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle area in Accra was yesterday
convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in harbor by an Accra Circuit
Court.
The convicts, Moreen Moses, a
trader was sentenced on her r own plea of guilty to one count of possessing
narcotic drug without license by the Ministry of health or without lawful
authority.
The court presided over by Miss
Audrey Korcuvie-Tay, before handing over the 10 years jail term to the convict
said, it would serve as deterrent to others who engaged in such nefarious trade
in the4 country.
The court held that, although they
pleaded guilty to the crime, the sentence handed over to the two convicts would
serve as deterrent to others.
She said, it was disturbing to see
a young lady as that of the convict
indulged n such illicit drugs business , saying the court would not
discriminate in passing the sentence and handed the 10 years which is the minimum jail term for narcotic to
the young lady.
The court yesterday also ordered
that, the quantity of the Indian Hemps found on the convict be destroyed in the
presence of the Curt registrar and the police.
The prosecutor , Chief Inspector
Johnson.K.Anim, told the court that, on May 4, this year at about 6:30 pm, two police officers stationed sat the Neoplan
police post were on their official
observation duty in and around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and its environs in
Accra.
He said, the two police officers
spotted the convict at the “Obra” spot area at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, holding a
brown ladies bag and a young man who was in the company of the police upon
seeing the convict whom he knew, called her but she took to her heels.
The prosecutor noted that, the two
police officers became suspicious and pursued her and had her arrested just a distance and when her hand bag was searched, the police
found quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemps , a pair of
scissor, two king size wrappers , two
lighters and some pieces of brown papers.
Chief Inspector Anim said, the two
police officers interrogated the convict and she admitted ownership of the bag
containing the dried leaves as well as the other items found in the bag.
According to the prosecutor, the
convict was then arrested and taken to the Kaneshies police station where she
was detained for investigation and the dried leaves suspected to be India Hemps
was sent to the Ghana Standard Authority for examination and report.
The police however, prepared the
convict for court for the crime while awaiting the report from the Standard
Authority.
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