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Two teenagers arrested for transporting marijuana

By Michael Abayateye
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Two teenagers have been arrested in the Eastern region for possessing substances suspected to Indian Hemp popularly referred to as 'wee'.

The two, a female, Evelyn Adade Korkor,19, and Felix Gyimah, aged 18 were grabbed by police while transporting 30 parcels of the substance together with cassava in two sacks to Nkranka in the Eastern region.

According to the ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, Spokesperson of the Eastern Regional Command, the two were arrested at Huhunya following a tip-off by some residents of the area.

"They are currently in police custody assisting with investigations and would be arraigned before court very soon,"he told Citi News.

He said samples of the substance would be taken for further checks to ascertain what exactly the two were carrying.

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