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Jamaican arrested in Ghana for cultivating ganja
6:59 am, Sat October 6, 2012
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A Jamaican man has been arrested in Ghana, Africa, for cultivating 400 acres of marijuana.
Ten other persons including three women were also arrested by members of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, following a raid in the Alavanyo-Nkonya District in the Volta Region.
He is named as 58-year-old Wesley Appleton.
The police also retrieved about five tonnes of cannabis which had been harvested and stored in fertiliser bags and plastic drums in nearby cottage.
At a press briefing following the bust, the Director-General of the police unit said the farm was the largest in the history of the country.
He said earlier in 2010 the headquarters gathered intelligence to the effect that a Jamaican had acquired a large portion of land in the area and was cultivating cannabis on large scale for export.
The Police chief said based on this information the police mounted surveillance on him, and learned that the Jamaican, had acquired about 400 acres of land and had employed some youth, including schoolchildren to cultivate cannabis.
Undercover agents were deployed in the area for some months and those agents were able to locate the farm.
Jamaican arrested in Ghana for cultivating ganja
6:59 am, Sat October 6, 2012
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A Jamaican man has been arrested in Ghana, Africa, for cultivating 400 acres of marijuana.
Ten other persons including three women were also arrested by members of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, following a raid in the Alavanyo-Nkonya District in the Volta Region.
He is named as 58-year-old Wesley Appleton.
The police also retrieved about five tonnes of cannabis which had been harvested and stored in fertiliser bags and plastic drums in nearby cottage.
At a press briefing following the bust, the Director-General of the police unit said the farm was the largest in the history of the country.
He said earlier in 2010 the headquarters gathered intelligence to the effect that a Jamaican had acquired a large portion of land in the area and was cultivating cannabis on large scale for export.
The Police chief said based on this information the police mounted surveillance on him, and learned that the Jamaican, had acquired about 400 acres of land and had employed some youth, including schoolchildren to cultivate cannabis.
Undercover agents were deployed in the area for some months and those agents were able to locate the farm.