A 41-year-old woman, Margaret Chapo has been arrested for possessing 27 slabs of dried leaves suspected to be narcotic drugs.
According to a police statement, a team of men from Intel/Ops /Oti Region who were deployed to Nkwanta – Hohoe highway on patrols on 10th January 2022 received intel that that some group of persons were transporting narcotics drugs from Hohoe to Kpassa.
It added that at about 8pm, the team police team intercepted a Ford bus with registration number VD 88 – 20 with passengers on board from Hohoe heading towards Kpassa.
A search conducted in the bus discovered 27 slabs of dried leaves suspected to be narcotic drugs belonging to suspect Margaret Chapo, 41 a passenger on board the said vehicle.
She and the exhibits have been handed over to Nkwanta Divisional command for investigation.