Missing Cocaine Probe – Witness Arrested

A witness who disappeared after giving evidence before the Kojo Armah Committee which is investigating the circumstances leading to the substitution of cocaine at the Police Exhibits Store at the CID Headquarters has been arrested. Isaac Tenkorang, who, together with aother witness, Osman Anani, testified before the committee on February 27, 2008 that a suspect in custody, Kwame Frempong, had given them some cocaine to sell, failed to show up when he was to be cross-examined by Frempong. However, personnel of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) arrested Tenkorang at Kwashieman on Good Friday after the police said they were unable to locate him. Osman Anani is, however, still on the run. Sources close to the BNI told the Daily Graphic that they had a request from a member of the committee to help apprehend those witnesses, since they were important in the processes of the committee's work. "We got the request on Thursday and we arrested Tenkorang at Kwashieman on Friday," the source stated. The committee has been investigating the circumstances leading to the substitution of nine kilogrammes of cocaine with other substances. The Daily Graphic, in its March 25, 2008 edition, published a story which quoted Mr Kojo Armah, the Chairman of the committee, that corn flour, yellowish in colour, was used to substitute the cocaine at the Police Exhibits Store.