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Crime and punishment of Monday, February 8, 2021
Source: GNA
2021-02-08
The suspect was unable to meet the terms of the bail posted.
George Owusu, also known as Nana Yaw, who was arrested for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Ankaful Maximum prison last month, would spend more time in prison after failing to meet bail conditions imposed by a Cape Coast Circuit Court.
The defendant did not meet the bond condition of GH ¢ 30,000.00 with three bonds, preferably public officials who earn no less than GH ¢ 2,500
Owusu had tried to convince a prison officer to smuggle 15 blocks of suspected narcotic substance into Ankaful Maximum Prisons.
His statement was not accepted and he would reappear in court on Tuesday, March 2, for a hearing.
Chief Inspector Detective Theresa Agbavor said the whistleblower was a correctional officer at Ankaful maximum prisons.
He said that sometime in December last year, Owusu contacted the prison officer to convince him to smuggle the substance into the prison yard to hand it over to one Kwasi Boakye, an inmate serving a 45-year prison sentence.
She said the officer later disclosed the treatment to prison authorities.
On Saturday January 9, Owusu called the officer to meet him about the substance and was arrested at a boarding house in Abiee, a community near Ankaful.
