Man fined for unlawful possession of cocaine

The Accra Circuit Court Eight has fined a 56-year-old driver 500 penalty units equivalent to GH¢5,000.00 for unlawful possession of cocaine.

Emmanuel Mensah, who had 45 wraps of cocaine with a net weight of 1.4310 grams and 19 wraps of heroin with a net weight of 2.3635 grams without lawful authority would serve 15 months imprisonment should he fail to pay the fine.

The Court heard that the drugs were for Mensah’s personal use but without lawful authority.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye told the Court presided over by Mr Jojo Hagan Amoah that the Complainants were police officers stationed at the Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the CID Headquarters, Accra. Convict, Mensah is a driver and a resident of McCarthy Junction in Accra.

DSP Nyamekye said on March 2, 2023, the complainants, acting upon intelligence, arrested Mensah at a narcotic drug peddling base at Tudu, Accra.

A search conducted on him revealed forty-five (45) gold foil wraps of cocaine with a net weight of 1.4310 grams and nineteen (19) gold foil wraps of heroin with a net weight of 2.3634 grams, a Forensic Science Examination disclosed.

DSP Nyamekye said in the investigation cautioned statement of Mensah, he confessed to the crime and mentioned one Borladz Mensah as his source of supply.

However, the Prosecution said he could not assist Police in arresting his supplier.

Based on the evidence in the test report, he was formally charged with the offences.