The Ghanaian duo - Twum Frank Ntini and Richard Dzifa Appiae – were nabbed for possessing 7,500 pieces of Yaba tablets.
Tema Youth Sporting Club has rejected reports that two Ghanaian players arrested in Bangladash for peddling illegal drugs are former player of the club.
Ghanaian players arrested in Bangladesh
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Yaba tablet contains a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine and the illicit use of this drug combination illegal in many South-East Asian countries.
Chattogram city's Bakalia Thana police arrested the two footballers on Friday, 3 January, 2020 following a tip off.
The initial reports from the media linked these two players with Tema Youth SC but the club has denied these reports with their latest release and have asked their fans and the public to treat it with the contempt it deserves.
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A club statement reads: “The attention of Tema Youth Sporting Club has been drawn to a 5th January 2020 publication on Ghanasoccernet and Ghanaweb with the headline: "Two former Tema Youth Players arrested in Bangladesh for drug peddling".
"The story goes in to detail to describe two Ghanaian footballers, Twum Frank Ntini and Richard Dzifa Appiae, as former players Tema Youth Sporting Club”
“We wish to state emphatically that the aforementioned players have NEVER been part of Tema Youth Sporting Club at any point in time in their career as footballers, neither have they any link what so ever to Tema Youth Sporting Club."
