By William Yaw Owusu
Friday November 23, 2007
AN Accra Fast Track High Court trying three policemen for their involvement in the missing 76 kilogrammes of cocaine will give judgment on December 21.
The court, presided over by Justice Annin Yeboah of the Court of Appeal fixed the date yesterday after recieving written addresses of both the prosecution and defence.
The three policemen:Sergeant David Nyarko, Lance Corporals Dwamena Yabson and Peter Bundorin have been charged in connection with the missing cocaine brought into the country on April 25, last year, by the vessel M.V. Benjamin.
They were alleged to have collected an undisclosed amount in US dollars from Sheriff Asem Darke popularly called Limping Man who is wanted by the police for the importation of 77 parcels of the cocaine, 76 of which were offloaded at the Kpone beach near Tema.
The prosecution led evidence to show that the policemen saw Sheriff at the Kpone beach offloading the cocaine but left him and his accomplices to go.
A fourth policeman, Detective Sergeant Samuel Yaw Amoah, who allegedly played a leading role in the case, escaped from the premises of the Greater Accra Regional Police Command soon after he was granted bail by an Accra Circuit court in September, last year.
The accused, all of whom are with the Tema Regional Police Command, have pleaded not guilty to two counts of engaging in a prohibited business related to narcotic drugs and corruption by a public officer.
They are currently in police custody.
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