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2COKE SUSPECTS REMANDED
THE Greater Accra Regional Tribunal yesterday remanded two suspected drug couriers who were arrested by security officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
The two suspects, Stephen Buachie Aphram, 61, and Emmanuel Krofa Asamoah, 43, were arrested on January 15 and January 12, 2007, respectively, as they went through departure formalities at the airport.
Their pleas were not taken and they will reappear on February 2, 2007.
Each of them is facing two counts of attempted exportation of narcotic drugs without authority and possession of narcotic drugs without authority.
According to the facts of the cases, Buachie was picked up when he was going through departure formalities to board a British Airways flight to London.
A search in his bag did not reveal anything but his strange movements and demeanour gave him out for officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to suspect him.
During interrogation, Buachie was said to have admitted swallowing 46 pellets of a substance suspected to be cocaine and he was subsequently sent to the 37 Military Hospital where he later expelled all 46 pellets.
In the case of Asamoah, he was on his way to board a KLM flight to Italy when he was arrested.
He was arrested following suspicion by NACOB officials and was sent for medical examination at the 37 Military Hospital where he also expelled 46 pellets of cocaine.
The substances are to be sent to the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) for test.