70 narcotics cases recorded in Ashanti within three months

The Ashanti regional police narcotics unit has recorded 70 narcotics cases according to its quarterly report of July to September this year.

Detective Police Inspector Dickson Akatsah, in-charge of the unit, who announced this said 88 people have been arrested for dealing in suspected cannabis and seven, for heroine or cocaine.

The report read on his behalf by Detective Corporal Clifford Ofei, of the same unit at an educational programme on drug abuse in schools, at Kumasi Academy in Kumasi on Friday, indicated that out of the 70 recorded cases, 67 of them are before the Ashanti regional tribunal, while the rest are under police investigations.

Inspector Dickson Akatsah pointed out that among the people arrested, nine of them are below the age of 20, 88 are between the ages of 20-40, four people are also between ages of 41-50 and two are within the ages of 51-60.