Drug dealer arrested

Page 3: The Mirror, May 5, 2012. By Albert K. Salia A 38 YEAR-OLD Nigerian, who allegedly outwitted officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and other security personnel at the Kotoka International Airport with substances suspected to be cocaine, has been arrested at the Neoplan Station in Accra. John Amechi, who arrived from Venezuela two weeks ago, was arrested at the Neoplan Station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday. He was on board a nigerian-bound vehicle about to depart for Nigeria. Amechi and the substances, which tested positive after a laboratory test, have been handed over to NACOB for further investigations. The Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr Patrick Timbillah, told newsmen in Accra that following a tip-off, police personnel accosted Amechi at the Neoplan Station. He said some whitish substance concealed in a black polythene bag in the suspect’s luggage was found when a search was conducted at the scene of arrest. Mr Timbillah commended the informant who gave the police the tip-off. He reminded Ghanaians that policing was a shared responsibility and not the preserve of the police alone, pointing out that police operations depended so much on intelligence hence the need for members of the public to see themselves as partners of the police in combating crime.