Ho Luck eluded Mavis Adubea, a 42-year-old trader from Nkonya, when dried leaves, suspected to be marijuana molded in tablets and wrapped around her belly to depict pregnancy was unmasked by immigration officials at Asikuma.
Mavis was busted on a
Takoradi bound vehicle from Kpando by officials of the Ghana Immigration
Service (GIS) at Asikuma near Peki in the Volta Region.
Deputy Commissioner of Immigration, Mr. Peter
Nantuo, who is also the Volta Regional Commander of GIS, disclosed this to
journalists in Ho, said the fake pregnancy woman was intercepted at about 2000
hours on Sunday.
He said the suspect’s mannerism and body
language gave her up when she was beckoned for search after the vehicle pulled
up at the barrier.
He stated that the quantity of the substance,
the person’s sex, or age did not matter in such arrests and that the motive was
to discourage people from engaging in such illicit business, be it a national
or a foreigner.
Mr. Nantuo said the Volta region was developing
notoriety for smuggling marijuana and warned people whose business falls into
that category to stop.
He asked landlords to be wary of foreigners who
rent their apartments, stressing that with collaboration and sharing of
intelligence with other security agencies, such crimes would be unearthed.
He lauded the efforts of the officers and men
for their patriotism and professionalism.
The suspect was later handed over to the Volta
Regional Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service in Ho for
investigations.
Source: Ghana News Agency