Accra: An Accra Circuit Court has convicted a 30-year-old lotto writer for unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. Caesar Dzantor admitted possessing 18 compressed pieces of cannabis weighing 9,381.68 grammes and was convicted on his own plea. Sentence has been deferred to February 4, 2026.
According to Ghana News Agency, ASP Issah Achiburi stated that police personnel at the V.I.P Bus Station Police Post, Circle, arrested Dzantor on May 16, 2025. He was attempting to send the drugs concealed in a carton through a V.I.P courier service to Wassa Akropong. The convict, a resident of Dawhenya, revealed in his caution statement to the police that his stepfather, Nana Gyantuah, had contracted him to send the substance, adding that it was his second time doing so for a fee.
The police sent the exhibits to the Police Forensic Science Laboratory, which confirmed on September 15, 2025, that they tested positive for cannabis. ASP Achiburi further explained that Dzantor later jumped police enquiry bail and was rearrested on January 28, 2026, at Gbefi near Golokuati in the Volta Region.