Three busted for trafficking cocaine, weed

Europa

April 13, 2017 1:17 PM

The Narcotics Control Board arrested the three on different occasions possessing and trafficking in narcotics while going through arrival and departure formalities.

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The Narcotics Control Board has arrested three people at the Kotoka International Airport for drug related offences.

A statement released by the Board on Thursday said the three, namely Madugu Suraku, Maxwell Momo Golafale and Daniel Njoku Egbuta were arrested on different occasions possessing and trafficking in narcotics while going through arrival and departure formalities.

It said that Madugu, a Ghanaian was arrested on March 29, 2017 on his return from Nairobi Kenya.

"A urine test conducted on the suspect proved positive for narcotics. The suspect, upon interrogation confessed having ingested 35 pellets of a powdery substance suspected to be speedball. Forensic analysis confirmed the substance being speedball, a combination of cocaine and heroin, all nacortics substance," the statement said.

A second suspect, Maxwell Momo Golafale was arrested two days later while going through departure formalities to China.

The statement indicated that he had concealed in his luggage "two slabs of compressed dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, popularly referred to as weed."

Daniel Njoku Egbuta, the third suspect, who is a Nigerian was arrested on arrival from Sao Paolo, Brazil on April 5, 2017.

The suspect had ingested 111 pellets of cocaine. A urine test conducted on him showed that it was cocaine.

The statement added that Egbuta later confessed being an ex-convict, having served a jail term for similar drug trafficking offence in Ecuador.

He has since expelled all 111 pellets of cocaine.

The three suspects have been arraigned before court for prosecution.

Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Board has cautioned the general public to desist from trafficking drugs, as the law will deal ruthlessly with anyone caught for such an offence.

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