From Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.
AN ACCUSED PERSON from whom a polythene bag containing cannabis weighing 2.20 grammes was retrieved during a search conducted by a team from the Narcotic Drugs, last Monday told a Kumasi Circuit Court Two that he ‘is a user but not a dealer’.
The court presided over by Mr Justice Emmanuel Amo Yartey did not hesitate but to sentence George Gyapong to 10 years imprisonment with retrospective effect date from the day he was arrested and charged with possessing cannabis.
Prosecutor, Chief Inspector A K Fandoh, presenting the facts of the case told the court that on July 26, 2008, personnel from the Drugs Law Enforcement Unit in Kumasi went to Wadie-Adwmankase near Mamponteng, Ashanti Region, on an operation at about 1.30 pm and arrested the accused upon a tip off that he was dealing in narcotic drugs.
Mr Fandoh said, the personnel conducted a search in the room of Gyapong only to discover a black polythene containing five wrappers and a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
Chief Inspector Fandoh said when Gyapong was interrogated he allegedly told the investigator ‘he is a user but not a dealer’. The exhibit was then sent to the Forensic Laboratory, Accra, for analytical examination, and the result proved positive cannabis weighing 2.20grammes.
He said the docket on the case was sent to the Attorney General’s office from where they were advised to charge Gyapong with the offence.
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