Photos: 5 arrested for smuggling over 4000 bags of fertilizers

Five persons have been arrested by the Police in Somanya have for transporting over 4,000 bags of smuggled fertilizers meant for cocoa farmers in the Western region. 

They were caught at Asomdwoe Krom, a suburb of the Easter region town, offloading one of the trucks with registration number GM 206-17 in a private residence. 

Four of the suspects are drivers of the impounded articulated trucks carrying the consignments while the other is the receiver. 

The other trucks which were yet to be offloaded at the time of the arrest had registration numbers GM 218-17, GM 219-17, GM 220-17 and GM 204-17.

The arrest was made in the residence of one Patrick Nartey who claims to be a cocoa farmer based in the Western region but has a cocoa farm in Asenisi, a suburb of Somanya. 

Police sources say, when they contacted the transport officer of the company that transported the goods from Tema to Somanya, he could not explain how the fertilizers meant for cocoa farmers in the western region find its way into a private home in Somanya.