FIVE men were arrested by the Accra Regional Police on Saturday when a Police force conducted an exercise to track down criminals within the metropolis.
According to the Accra Regional Police Commander, DCO Kwaku Opare-Addo the Police force comprised of the Regional CID personnel including both uniformed and non-uniformed personnel.
He said they conducted swoops around Adabraka, Jamestown, Articulator Station, Kokomlele and the Tudu Station where 43 suspected drug peddlers were picked up.
Out of them, he said 5 were found with whitish substances suspected to be cocaine and dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
They were Dogbe Kwame who was found with 141 wraps of cocaine, Ishmeal Dapaah found with 87 wrappers of cocaine, Gordon Passasi also found with 5 wrappers of dried leaves, Mohammed Mumuni and Kwabena Kaletsi who were found with one wrapper each of dried leaves.
“Those who were not found with substances are been screened as part of investigations” he stated noting that those found with the substances would be arraigned before the court.
DCO Opare-Addo appealed to the general public to come out with credible information to assist the service to get rid of such drug peddlers in the country.
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