The suspect, Opanin Kwadwo Sampene, was cultivating the marijuana farm at Mem, a suburb of Atebeubu.
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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.
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A team of officers, led by District Commander Chief Supt. Bright Boafo, stormed the farm to arrest the suspect following a tip-off.
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The suspect told the Police that he has no other means of making a living, other than cultivating the weed farm.
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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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