Man, 51, held over cocaine

Page 23: Daily Graphic, June 19, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A 51-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for allegedly importing four kilogrammes of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine into the country.
The cocaine, which was hidden in four Canon toner cartridges, was consigned to Kamarudin El-Ibnal Adjei, alias Joseph, a ramp supervisor at the Kotoka International Airport, through Fedex Courier Service.
A source at the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) told the Daily Graphic that following intelligence reports, operatives of the BNI mounted surveillance on the consignment, which was contained in a box.
It said the cargo, which arrived on board a British Airways flight on June 11, 2009, was sent to the Fedex office at Asylum Down for the consignee to pick up.
According to the source, the suspect went to the offices of Fedex with his passport to claim ownership of the parcel.
It said the suspect was arrested after he had walked out of the premises of the company in possession of the cargo.
The source said Adjei told the operatives during interrogation that the cargo belonged to a Nigerian whose name he mentioned as Isaac Okey.
The source said it was later detected that there was no such person as Isaac Okey, as the suspect only wanted to mislead the investigators.
It said the suspect had been remanded to appear in court on July 7, 2009 while investigations continued.