The National Highway Patrol Unit of the Ghana Police Service, through a special intelligence operation, has arrested suspect Ernest Mohamed Adjiri for the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs in the Greater Accra Region.
The operation, carried out by a team of Police officers, led to the retrieval of one hundred and twenty slabs of compressed dried leaves suspected to be narcotic drugs, concealed in three fertiliser sacks on board a Hyundai i10 taxi cab with registration number GW 9832-22.
The operations were carried out at Huniso, Wassa-Dadieso and Wassa-Gyapa in the Western Region; Akrokerri in the Ashanti Region; Dunkwa-On-Offin and Diaso in the Central Region; and the Awin river at Pankese and Akyem Akwadum in the Eastern Region.
These coordinated operations resulted in the retrieval of exhibits, including various mining equipment.
At Huniso, Wassa-Dadieso, and Wassa-Gyapa, the Western Central Regional Police Command arrested 19 suspects, disabled over 135 chanfan machines and retrieved exhibits including 23 Water Pumping Machines, 4 Excavator batteries and a motorbike.
At Akrokerri, the Ashanti South Regional Police Command arrested 9 suspects.
In the Awin River at Pankese and at Akyem Akwadum, the Eastern South Regional Police Command arrested eleven (11) suspects and retrieved 1 excavator monitor, two (2) excavators pedals, seven (7) excavator control boards and one gold detecting device.
At Dunkwa-On-Offin and Diaso, the Central North Regional Police Command arrested 10 suspects and retrieved four (4) excavators, 8 pumping machines and 1 Cylinder machine.
All suspects are in Police custody assisting ongoing investigations.
