Suspected female drug peddler nabbed in Kumasi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old suspected drug peddler in Kumasi.

The Policed seized seven big parcels of dried leaves believed to be cannabis.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwaku Osei Ampofo-Duku, Deputy Ashanti Regional Commander, gave her name as Adwoa Atenee.This comes barely a week after another woman transporting large quantities of cannabis on a Metro Mass Transit bus – traveling from Sunyani to the mining town of Obuasi was nabbed.

ACP Ampofo-Duku at a news briefing said Atenee was arrested at Tarkwa-Maakro in Kumasi based upon a tip off.

After a search in her room, the Police seized 87 sachets of alcoholic beverages mixed with dried leaves.

ACP Ampofo-Duku said the man believed to have supplied the suspected drug to Atenee, has also been arrested and being held by the Kumasi Central Police Station.Kwame Azure, 23, was caught in the same community.

The suspects will be put before court when the police finish with their investigations.Source: GNA