PHOTOS: Cocaine woman busted

• Posted on March 30, 2016
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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THE DRUG Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ashanti Regional Police Command on Sunday arrested a middle-aged woman for possessing 499 foil wraps of powdered substance believed to be narcotic drug.

The police, acting on intelligence, arrested Martha Osei at the Bekwai roundabout, whilst on board a Benz bus from Kumasi to Manso Aframso, near Datano in the Amansie East District of Ashanti Region.

The suspect quickly admitted ownership of the illegal substance during interrogation. She has therefore been provisionally charged for possessing narcotic drugs without licence.

The powdered substances found with Martha Osei

Martha Osei, who is due for court, possibly on Wednesday, has however, refused to mention to the police the supplier of the illegal substance, the DLEU Commander, ASP Jeremiah Alale, toldDAILY GUIDE.

He said the police had information that Martha Osei was in possession of a substance suspected to be narcotics, on board a vehicle, registered AW 250-10, from Kumasi to Manso Aframso, near Datano.

The police quickly rushed to the Bekwai roundabout and upon conducting a thorough search on the woman, found 499 foil wraps of powdered substance, strongly believed to be narcotics, on her.

During interrogation, Martha Osei claimed that she bought the illegal substance from an unknown person in Kumasi, adding that she was on her way to Manso Aframso to sell the drug to illegal gold miners.

ASP Alale described Martha Osei’s arrest as a positive development in the fight against narcotics peddling and usage.

 FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi