Two Confess Involvement In Missing Cocaizne Saga Website
The Committee instituted by the Ministry of the Interior to investigate the mystery behind the disappearance of part of the 67 cartons of cocaine which was seized at the Prampram beach, is making headway. The Chronicle has gathered that the committee, which will soon present its interim report to the Minister of Interior, has uncovered some names as the people behind the missing cocaine. The paper learnt that some names including Tanko and Tenkoran have testified before the committee that they were the people who substituted some portion of the 67 cocaine bails in police 24-hour surveillance custody. According to close sources from the committee, Tanko and Tenkorang have testified against one Frimpong, who has been arrested and is in police custody on the grounds that he was the one who bought the stolen cocaine. Meanwhile, the Chronicle has received information that Frimpong has denied his involvement in the substituted drugs. It would be recalled that following recent changes in the leadership of the Criminal Investigations Department administration, a routine audit was conducted on narcotics exhibits kept the CID headquarters. In the course of the exercise it discovered that some of the narcotic exhibits had been tampered with and been substituted with other substances. The officer in charge of the exhibit room was immediately arrested and the matter was duly reported to the sector minister who in turn set up the committee with its chairman as Hon. Kojo Armah. On the flip side, the former CID Director and currently the Director of the Specialized Crime and Analysis of Interpol, Mr. David Asante Apeatu, has been invited by the committee to give his testimony. Speaking to the Committee's Chairman in an interview, he said they had filed a request to the Ministry to invite Mr. Apeatu since the committee did not have the power to invite suspects, adding that he did not know how far the ministry had gone with their request. Asked who would be responsible for Mr. Apeatu's travel expenses, Hon. Armah responded that "We do not know who is responsible, we have sent our request to the minister so he would know how to deal with it at the governmental level. I do not know the arrangement made for him." When the Chronicle pleaded with him to comment on information that Tenkorang and Tanko were the suspected drug lords who bought the stolen narcotics from the police, he insisted that he did not want to discuss the investigations by the committee in the press until they submit their report. "Several names are being dealt with at the same time so I would beg you to allow us to finish with our work," he stated. He said the committee would present its interim report very soon and then wait for the Ghana Standards Board to finish with its investigations before they could also present their final report.
Source: MJFM
