Court orders destruction of 256 sacks of cannabis

The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has been ordered to destroy 256 fer­tiliser sacks of dried leaves, all certified to be cannabis.

Police say the destruction had be­come necessary due to the long period of storage leading to congestion at the unit.

According to the police, some of the exhibits were derelict without any suspects and others were in connection with cases in which the Attorney Gener­al had advised against prosecution.

The police said the remaining ex­hibits were in connection with cases in which accused were discharged for want of prosecution.

Moving for the order to destroy the 256 sacks of cannabis, Assistant Super­intendent of Police (ASP) Seth Frim­pong told the court that the police had attached the Attorney General’s advice to the application.

ASP Frimpong said the order of de­struction had become necessary because of its bulky nature and that it had occu­pied the office space of the Drug Law Enforcement Unit, CID Headquarters.

He said the unit needed the office spaces to perform administrative work, adding cannabis not stored in special silos had health implications.

The court, presided over by Mr Isaac Addo, granted the application and ordered the destruction of the cannabis under the supervision of officials from the Ghana Police Service, Narcotics Control Commission, the Environmen­tal Protection Agency, official of the court and the media. – —GNA