Woman nabbed for dealing in cocaine

Page 43: September 11, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A woman suspected to have gone on a cocaine distribution business in Accra has been arrested.
At the time of her arrest, one slab of cocaine was found in her bag.
The suspect, Nana Ama Martin, is currently in custody pending further investigations.
The Director of Police Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwesi Ofori, told the Daily Graphic that some personnel of the Panthers Unit of the Ghana Police Service, who were on duty in town, had information that the suspect and a man were in a taxi carrying substances suspected to be cocaine.
He said the personnel picked up intelligence and identified the taxi in which Nana Ama and the man, who is yet to be identified, were travelling.
He said the police traced the taxi, with registration number GE 9342 X, and ordered the driver to drive to the Police Headquarters.
DSP Ofori said while on the way, the man jumped out of the taxi and escaped and when Nana Ama’s handbag was searched on arrival at the Police Headquarters, one slab of whitish substance suspected to be cocaine was found in it.
He said the suspect had subsequently been handed over to the Organised Crime Unit for further investigations.