The Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted, in the Ho West district of the Volta region, Â 2,172 slabs of substance suspected to be Indian Hemp.
The illegal consignment loaded in a KIA truck with registration number GE 1782-11, from Kpeve and heading to Togo when was intercepted at the Honuta border post.
Four persons arrested in connection with the haul Mohammed Umaru, Driver; his mate Wahab Abdulai; owner of the contraband, Stephen Avega; and Evans Isahaku a loader have been handed over to the Narcotics Control Board together with the intercepted substance for further investigation in Accra.
According Mr. Frank Cudjoe Ashong the Assistant Commissioner of CEPS in charge of Ho sector, Â when the vehicle pulled up at the border post at 8.15am the driver of the vehicle declared the items to be local rice.
But upon further checks, customs officers detected a hard substance suspected to be Indian hemp wrapped in 2,172 and concealed in 85 bags, Graphic Online reported.