Three ladies with concealed methamphetamine in suitcases remanded
An Accra High Court has remanded into lawful custody two South Africans and a Nigerian accused of possessing over 16 kg of methamphetamine, a narcotic drug.
This follows their arrest at the Kotoka International Airport on January 20, 2025, by officials of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC).
The accused persons (names withheld) are alleged to have concealed the drugs in two suitcases.
The Court presided over by Justice Mrs Kizita Koowa Quarshie remanded the accused, all females, to reappear on February 11, 2025.
It, however, did not take their pleas as the fact and charges were also not read out.
Additionally, the trial judge asked the accused persons to secure lawyers to defend them in court.
However, a Senior State Attorney, Mr Watkins Adamah, prayed the Court to r...