Two hundred and fifty-six sacks of marijuana have been burnt at Bundase in Greater Accra Region following a court order.
Officials from the Narcotics Control Commission, the Drug law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service, the Registry of the Accra Circuit Courts and the media witnessed the destruction.
The drugs were seized on some of Ghana’s Highways following intelligence gathering by the Ghana Police Service. They were being transported from Ghana to Nigeria.
The move to destroy the drugs formed part of the strategy by security personnel to break the forefront of the network involved in illicit drug trade in the country.
Two months ago, a similar exercise was conducted behind the Independence Square and 242 feritlizer sacks, 315 wraps of marijuana, and various packets of cocaine and heroin were destroyed.
Speaking to journalists at Bundase, Mr Prosper Kingsley Damankah, Registrar of the Accra Circuit Courts, said some suspects in possession of the drugs had been convicted and sentenced.
Mr Damakah said some of the drugs had also been tendered as exhibits in some ongoing cases before the courts.
He said the drugs could be of benefit to the state if they were used for other purposes by those in the pharmaceutical industry.
However, he said, that could be done when the laws on drugs were reviewed or amended.
“My prayer is that maybe this should be a wake-up call for the lawmakers to re-look at the laws,” he said.
Mr Damakah explained that apart from the 256 sacks of compressed marijuana, there were also gallons, boxes, and bottles of laca mixed with marijuana.
Source: GNA
