With the battle against drug use still ongoing in Nigeria, an individual who runs a Ghana-based business has just being apprehended for allegedly attempting to send parcels of the contraband drug plant; Indian hemp to Nigeria.
The growing, sale and purchase of Indian hemp is a business that is gaining momentum and the government has been marking concerted efforts to crack down on its sale and distribution using its subsidiary agencies.
The police have apprehended a Nigerian businessman for allegedly attempting to transport 150 parcels of compressed Indian hemp (weed) from Accra to Nigeria.
The suspect, Orji Ogbonnaya, 38, from Abia State, had rented a warehouse where he secretly deals in the substance. According to the police, he had covered the items with some used clothes and packed them in a ‘Ghana must go’ carrier bag meant to be sent to Nigeria.
