Page 3: Daily Graphic, September 9, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Chief Executive Officer of Exopa Modelling Agency, Ibrahim Sima, has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Five kilogrammes of suspected cocaine were concealed in four tubers of yam which were alleged to be part of his luggage.
A 4X4 Range Rover vehicle with personal identification number, EXOPA 7 Y, belonging to him has been impounded at the offices of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB).
Sima, 39, was arrested at about 11 pm at the Kotoka International Airport while going through departure formalities to travel to Germany.
Personnel of NACOB have already searched the residence of Sima at Community 10 in Tema.
At the time of filing this report, NACOB officials were interrogating the suspect.
The Public Relations Officer of NACOB, Mr Francis Opoku Amoah, told the Daily Graphic that investigations were ongoing and that any other details would be made available later.
He said another businessman, James Owusu, suspected to have swallowed 50 pellets of heroin, was also arrested at about 10:20 p.m. last Sunday while going through departure formalities at the Kotoka International Airport to travel to Dubai via Addis Ababa.
He said Owusu had since expelled all the pellets.
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