A vehicle loaded with 41 maxi bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, was impounded by security officials at the Asikuma barrier in the Volta Region last Thursday.
The dried leaves were hidden in a large quantity of charcoal, which the vehicle, with registration number GE 5977 Z, was conveying from Gemeni to Accra.
According to the leader of the security officials, Mr Habib Osman, Chief Collector and Officer in charge of the Asikuma barrier, the vehicle was initially allowed to pass but the policemen at the barrier became suspicious later and, therefore, gave it a chase.
The driver, who was alone in the vehicle, sensing danger, abandoned the vehicle in the middle of the town at about 3.30 a.m. and ran into the bush.
When the vehicle was searched, GH¢2,000.00 was also found in one of its compartments. Each of the bags containing the dried leaves weighed 20 kilograms.
According to Mr Habib, both the vehicle and the dried leaves have been impounded at the Asikuma barrier, pending further investigations.
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