The Gbetsile Circuit Court presided over by Mrs Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway has found two policemen guilty of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs for trafficking and convicted them cumulatively to 30 years imprisonment.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nasiru Amadu and No. 51836 G/CPL Emmanuel Mintah, who in 2023 had been charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit unlawful possession of narcotic drugs for trafficking contrary to sections 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 and unlawful possession of narcotic drugs for trafficking contrary to section 37(2)(b) of the Narcotic Control Commission Act 2020 (1019), were found guilty on Friday November 28, 2025
They were sentenced to 5 and 10 years each, respectively, and the offences are to run concurrently.
In addition, the convicts were fined 10,000 penalty units (GHC 120,000) in default, will serve an additional three years each to their 10-year sentence.
Background
It would be recalled that Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ernest Kuofie said the complainants were police officers in the Afienya District.
The accused person, Amadu, 48 years old at the time of their arrest, was the second in command at Sakumono District Police Headquarters with Mintah.
He said Mintah, aged 43, was working under him at the station as a service driver on November 19, 2023. The complainant was performing snap check duty when they picked up intelligence that a Nissan Navara vehicle with registration number GP 727 was loaded with narcotic drugs from Ho towards Accra.
ASP Kuofie said that at about 19:15 hours the same day, the accused persons pulled up at the snap checkpoint where they were intercepted. A search conducted in the vehicle revealed eight sacks containing 541 compressed parcels of substances believed to be narcotic drugs.
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