Bartender Jailed 13 Years for Cannabis Possession
The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Robert Ashong, alias Tee Quaye, a 51-year-old bartender, to 13 years’ imprisonment for possessing different quantities of cannabis.Ashong was convicted on two counts of unlawful control of narcotic drugs.The court, presided over by Mrs. Christina Cann, sentenced him to 13 years on each count, with an additional fine of GHS180,000 per count.In default of payment, he would serve an additional three years in jail.However, the sentences will run concurrently, the judge ruled.Ashong was arrested on August 31, 2022, at a drinking spot known as “Otanfo Nye Nyame” at Osu-Nyaniba Estates in Accra where police retrieved varied substances suspected to be narcotics.Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kofi Anane, prosecuting, said the complainants were police ...