Police Intercept Dried Cocoa Beans

Hohoe (Volta Region) 27 July '99

Hohoe Police last Friday intercepted 46 bags of dried cocoa beans concealed in fertiliser sacks being conveyed from Ashaiman to Dzindzi, a border town in the Kadjebi district.

Mr Douglas Akrofi Asiedu, Hohoe Police Divisional Commander, told the Ghana News Agency on Monday that, upon a tip-off, Yussif Abukari, driver of the KIA cargo truck with registration number GT 3029 Q, was arrested after a search on the vehicle discovered the cocoa hidden in fertiliser bags.

Mr Asiedu said Abukari mentioned one Mr Awaal at Ashaiman as the person who hired the truck to transport the cocoa to Dzindzi.

The driver has been granted police enquiry bail to enable him produce the owner of the cocoa.