Two Women arrested with "wee" at Anakful prisons
Two women visitors to the Ankaful Maximum Security Prisons were arrested Thursday morning with 39 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana concealed in balls of soap popularly called “Azuma blows".
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Grace Kusi, 60, had 22 parcels of dried leaves, five Samsung mobile phones, 10 mobile phone chargers, two sim cards and one tiny scissors, while Mary Nyankah, 22 years had 17 of the dried leaves concealed in soap.
Grace came to visit Ali Umaru Fulani who is serving 15 years with hard labour.
She said she came from Winneba but was given the items by her husband’s friend at Yeji to be delivered to the inmate.
Mary on the other hand came in to visit Razak Abubakar who is serving 63 years imprisonment with hard labour.
She told prison officials that her boyfriend who works at the Tema Harbour asked her to deliver the goods. Her boyfriend had accompanied Mary to the prison but did not enter the facility. However, prison officials could not trace the said boyfriend.
Twice This Month
This is the second time this month that visitors have been arrested with contraband goods at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prisons.
Madina Sadat and Akosua Attah, in an attempt to outwit security officers at the gate, hid contraband items; eight mobile phones and sim cards in their wigs but were arrested at the gate.
Tightened Security
The Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Prisons Service, Assistant Superintendent of Prisons (ASP) Machator, said the security at the prisons had been tightened.
He said the two had been handed over to the Elmina Police for further investigations, saying “the Prisons Service had the mandate to ensure the safe custody, welfare, rehabilitation and reformation of inmates and the Service would leave no stone unturned to remove all obstacles on our way to achieve our mandate.”
ASP Machator said marijuana possession and its use was outlawed in the country and the prison, saying it was an offence for anyone to attempt to smuggle the drug into the prison facility.
