A Circuit Court in Kumasi presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire has remanded a farmer in prison custody for possessing 10,940 grams of marijuana.
The suspect, Kwame Adu who was arrested with the substance by the police at Esaase, a community in the Bosome-Freho District and was charged with possessing narcotic drug without lawful authority pleaded not guilty.
According to Police Superintendent Emmanuel Akunnor, officers from the Ashanti Regional Drug Law Enforcement Unit received information that the accused had been dealing in narcotics and swiftly moved to his place, where a search uncovered the leaves packed in fertilizer sacks and cement bags.
He told the court that Adu admitted ownership of the stuff.
The prosecution said forensic laboratory test of samples of the leaves confirmed it was marijuana.
The court ordered that he reappear on Tuesday, July 26.