Two Police
men and a Nigerian are currently in the grips of the Volta regional Police command for possessing and attempting to transport
substances suspected to be India hemp (Wee).
According to
VoltaOnline
sources, the two Police men Corporal Frazier Defeamekpor and Sergeant Prosper
Ametepe of the Keta MTTD with Nigerian accomplice Uchena Ubanizim were busted at
Sokode-Lokoe near Ho in the early hours of Saturday dawn.
The dried
leaves which were compressed in 1051 slaps and stuffed in 18 fibre bags were
being transported in a Police Nissan Navara Pickup with registration GP 3741.
A Police
Source disclosed that, the vehicle which was been driven by Corporal Defeamekpor
belongs to the Ho Regional Police Training School.
Explaining
how they got hint of the crime, the source noted that, the Peki Highways Patrol
team first spotted vehicle at Kpeve in
the South Dayi district at about 11:00pm on Friday, with the sacks in its
bucket but the driver failed to stop at various check points.
This got
the Peki team suspicious and they alerted their counterparts in Ho, who then
arrested suspects at the Sokode-lokoe snap checkpoint.
The two
police men, according the VoltaOnline source, earlier claimed
they arrested the Nigerian with the stuffs but upon further interrogation, they
disclosed that they were contracted by the Nigerian and one other person to
transport the substances from Kpeve-Tongu to Dzodze-Penyi.
The Regional
Police Commander, DCOP Peterkin Yentumi-Gyinae confirmed the arrest and said investigations
is still ongoing to identify the fourth accomplice.
He is also
expected to brief the media later today.
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