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77-year-old man arrested for cultivating marijuana farm; tells Police he’s been smoking for 60 years

The Police has arrested a 77-year-old man who allegedly owned a two-acre marijuana farm in the Bono East region.
Atebubu: 77-year-old man arrested for cultivating marijuana farm
Atebubu: 77-year-old man arrested for cultivating marijuana farm

The suspect, Opanin Kwadwo Sampene, was cultivating the marijuana farm at Mem, a suburb of Atebeubu.

A team of officers, led by District Commander Chief Supt. Bright Boafo, stormed the farm to arrest the suspect following a tip-off.

Man arrested for cultivating weed farm

Man arrested for cultivating weed farm

The suspect told the Police that he has no other means of making a living, other than cultivating the weed farm.

He explained that he has been smoking marijuana for sixty years and began selling the drug at a very tender age.

The suspect is currently in Police custody, while the weed farm has been set ablaze by the Police.

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