Ten Years For Smoking India Hemp

Thirty-five-year old Collins Kumi from Dormaa Akwamu in the Dormaa East District of the Brong Ahafo Region, has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Dormaa Circuit Court presided over by His Lordship Justice Alexander Osei-Tutu for possessing narcotic drugs.

 

Collins Kumi popularly known as ‘Rasta’ pleaded guilty to the offence and was convicted on his own plea.

 

Presenting the facts of the case, the Dormaa Municipal Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mahamud Yussif, said Kumi was arrested at a public cemetery at Dormaa Akwamu for possessing some quantity of wrappers suspected to be Indian hemp.

 

 DSP Yussif noted that Kumi was among others at the cemetery who took to their heels on seeing the police. He said the gang of Indian hemp smokers were chased but Kumi was the only one arrested. The rest of the gang, he said, were still at large.

 

 He disclosed that after he was arrested, a test was conducted on the herbs wrapped in a paper and it was found out to be Indian hemp.
He was subsequently charged and arranged before court where he pleaded guilty and was convicted by his own plea.

From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani