The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has destroyed a large cache of narcotic substances under the directive of the Accra Circuit Court.
The items disposed of included 248 fertilizer sacks, 315 wraps, 24 sachets, and 68 compressed slabs of various narcotics, along with three medium-sized buckets of heroin.
“We are here to destroy some substances; cocaine, dry leaves thus cannabis, after those cases have been dealt with by the court,” explained Prosper Kingsley Damakah, Registrar at the Accra Circuit Court, during a briefing with journalists.
These narcotics had been seized and used as evidence in cases adjudicated by the Circuit Court between 2020 and 2024.
“Some of the cases started in 2020. The people were arrested by the Police, charged and brought to court. Judgments have been delivered in the cases,” Mr. Damakah elaborated.
The narcotics were burned at the shore behind the Black Star Square in Accra, with officials from the Narcotics Control Commission and the Judicial Service overseeing the destruction.
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