3 Drug suspects granted bail

Page 3: Daily Graphic, December 1, 2011.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Accra Fast Track High Court has granted bail to three persons, including two journalists, for illegal possession of substances suspected to be narcotics.
Patrick Osei Agyemang, alias Countryman Songo, host of ‘Fire for Fire’, a popular sports programme on Asempa Radio; Bismark Selorm of Happy FM and host of the morning show on eTV, and Franklin Ayensu were granted bail in the sum of GH¢10,000 with one surety each by Justice A. Ofori-Atta.
Their pleas were not taken.
They are to reappear on December 9, 2011.
The Nima District Police Commander, DSP Justice Aduhene-Benieh, told the Daily Graphic after proceedings in court yesterday that the accused were making efforts to fulfil the conditions of the bail.
He said a State Attorney would assume full prosecution of the case at the next adjourned date.
The two journalists, in the company of five others, were arrested by a police patrol team in Accra during the early hours of Monday for allegedly possessing substances suspected to be narcotic drugs.
The three were charged for the offence after a screening exercise by the police.