Two men jailed over 'wee'

Two men have been jailed by the Bekwai Circuit Court after 35 parcels of cannabis weighing 210.483 grams were seized at their homes at Behenase, a farming community, near Jacobu in the Ashanti Region.

Kwabena Mensah, a 50 year-old unemployed, was sentenced 13 years’ imprisonment with hard labour after he admitted possessing the narcotic drugs contrary to Section 2(1) of the PNDC Law 236/90.

His counterpart, Awudu Draman, a 30-year-old farmer, was also convicted for the same offence and sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the court, presided over by Fredrick Nawura.

Prosecutor, Detective Inspector Stephen Ofori, said Awudu led the police to the house of Kwabena Mensah to seize the cannabis.

According to him, Awudu was arrested earlier by the police upon a tipoff.

He was caught in possession of three parcels of the substance that weighed 48.253 grams.

The police prosecutor told the court that convict Awudu Draman told the police during interrogation that he obtained the cannabis, otherwise known as wee, from Kwabena Mensah after paying him GH?20.00.

The police found 32 bundles of cannabis under the bed of Mensah.

Inspector Ofori said Mensah immediately claimed ownership of the stuff and admitted the offence in his caution statement.

The exhibits, which were retrieved from them, were sent to the police forensic laboratory in Accra which proved that the substance was indeed cannabis, a narcotic drug.

The two were charged with the offence and arraigned before court after police investigations.