A taxi carrying seven sacks of dried leaves has been impounded, the police in the Eastern Region have announced.

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The substance is in police custody, the Public Relations Officer of the Eastern regional Police Command, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh.

He said in a media interview that the police had a tip off that an Opel Astra Caravan with registration Number GW 5356-13 was transporting the substance from Boti community towards the Huhunya direction.

The Assesewa District Police, he told Accra-based Starr FM, immediately dispatched a team to trail the suspected vehicle.

Starrfmonlines reports that the taxi was given a hot chase by the police after the driver of vehicle sped off upon seeing the police and sensing danger.

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The substance was uncovered when the taxi driver was eventually grabbed by police.

The suspected Indian hemp was contained in seven sacks, ASP Tetteh said.