The Story Is Not Only Bizarre, It Is Scandalous. Information From Ejisu Bisease in the Ashanti Region Indicates That the Chief of The Town, Nana Akwasi Acheampong, Has Incurred the Wrath of Teachers In the Town, Following a Severe Beating He Allegedly Inflicted on A Teacher, on What May Be a Trumped-Up Charge. An Accra daily newspaper reported yesterday that Mr. Francis Carter, a French teacher of the local Municipal Assembly Junior High School, took some friends to a drinking spot in town. While the teacher and his guests were taking it easy, a man appeared and claimed that he could smell the scent of marijuana, known in local parlance as 'wee'. [continues 376 words]
Tension is mounting among police investigative officers at the Narcotics section of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), of the Police Headquarters in Accra, over the strange disappearance of part of the 67 cartons of cocaine, which was seized at the Prampram beach on May 21, 2006. Sources have told The Chronicle that some police officers at the Narcotics section are ganging up against one Mr. Adu Amankwah, who happens to be the head of the section, over his intentions to conduct a fresh test on the 67 cartons of cocaine, which have already been proven by the Ghana Standards Board (GSB), to ensure whether the substances are really cocaine. [continues 558 words]
US Gov't Tags It As Major Transshipment Point Of Drugs THE NUMEROUS cocaine scandals that have bedeviled the country in recent times continue to carve a bad niche for Ghana's corporate image in the eyes of the international community. Latest among series of reports is that of the United States Department of State 2007 International Narcotic Control Strategy Report (INCSR) on Ghana, which puts Ghana in the spotlight as a major transshipment point of illegal drugs, particularly cocaine. The nation's premier Kotoka International Airport is captured as increasingly becoming a focus for traffickers. [continues 664 words]
Their reckoning, politicians blow a lot of hot air and especially during an election year, are bound to oOverdo things in their bid to sway the opinions of voters in their favour. Such zealousness in the political arena is nothing new and because elections are time bombs, the moment results are known, the temperature comes down and life continues its mundane meandering. EVEN THOUGH some Ghanaians perceive the utterances of some politicians as highly dangerous and capable of compromising the security of this country, such a scenario has been rubbished by others as unduly alarmist. [continues 548 words]
. And For A Nation A Statesman Gone Beserk, Overboard He was one of the good athletes on campus. He ran the 400 meters with the strides of Ed Moses. He had the potential of becoming a world-beater, yet he only settled for the school's 400-meter relay. He had a problem. He was a victim of Acquired Hallucination. In parables, he was a voluntary gardener, who gathered weeds and burned them whenever he willed it. Like most students, he had a nickname. He was called Solo Pee. It originated from an event in which he played the leading role. He had gone to incur the displeasure of another colleague and got beaten up for his troubles. [continues 1383 words]
THE death of Kiki Gyan, one of Ghana's most talented musicians recently, has once again underscored the need for proper drug rehabilitation centers to take care of the growing menace of drug addiction in the country. Had Kiki had the benefit of a proper drug rehabilitation regime, perhaps he would have still been around today to enhance our music with his scintillating performances. Although one hesitates to admit that he was killed because of a drug overdose, those who knew his prolonged battle with drug addiction will tell you differently. The fact remains that no proper drug rehabilitation center exists in this country to take care of the thousands upon thousands of our youth who have fallen prey to hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and marijuana. [continues 600 words]
Kumasi - THE PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Ghana (PSG) has called for the establishment of more rehabilitation centres as an effective way of controlling drug addiction. It has also urged Parliament to expedite the passage of the Bill against Tobacco smoking. Mr. Frank A. Boateng, President of PSG raised these concerns at a meeting with media men, health professionals and pharmacists in Kumasi last Friday, to mark the International Day against Drug abuse and Drug trafficking. Dwelling on "Treament really works", the theme for the observation of the day set aside by the United Nations, Boateng said illicit drug trafficking was a global problem affecting about 200 million worldwide. [continues 208 words]
THE POLICE administration is investigating a case in which the Akwatia Police Command in the Eastern Region is alleged to have bribed an informant to drop a case against a suspected drug peddler. On September 22, 2003, Mr Frank Matey Sackitey lodged a complaint to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) with c100, 000 alleged to be the bribe money given him by the police as his share for alerting them about the drug transaction by a certain Kofi Savie. The bribe was intended to influence the informant to soften his stand. [continues 299 words]
LATEST INFORMATION gathered from the Narcotics Control Board indicates that about 2,618 kilograms of narcotic drugs worth millions of dollars in street value have been confiscated in the last of six months. A total of 520 people were arrested for drug trafficking over the same period, Mr. Kwame Addo, information officer of the board, told The Chronicle in Accra yesterday. Of the illicit drugs confiscated 10.2 kg were cocaine, 7.6kg were heroin and 2,601kg were cannabis (wee). [continues 216 words]
