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Police intercept narcotic drugs at Asawase
The Manhyia District Police Command has arrested two persons in connection with the unlawful possession and transportation of substances suspected to be narcotic drugs during an intelligence-led operation at the Asawase Market in Kumasi.
According to the police, the operation was conducted on July 21, 2026, following credible intelligence that suspected narcotic drugs were being transported in concealed fertilizer sacks.
A press release signed by DSP Godwin Ahianyo, the Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), named the suspects, identified as Osman Bassein, 37; and Mohammed Abdul-Razak, 38.
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