A Police Highway Patrol Team operating on the Accra-Tema Motorway declined a Gh₵16,640 bribe from a truck driver who was transporting three sack-full of substances believed to be Indian hemp.
The driver of the Kia Rhino truck, with registration number GS 5491-13 “attempted” to bribe the officers after the patrol team had discovered the sacks containing the illegal substance when they conducted a search on the truck.
In a Facebook post, the Police said the patrol team declined the aforementioned bribe from the driver believed to be the owner of the substance he was transporting.
“The owner and driver of Kia Rhino truck with registration number GS 5491-13, attempted to bribe a Police Highway Patrol Team with an amount of over ⸿16,000.00 when Police found more than three sack-full of substances believed to be Indian hemp on the vehicle, on the Accra-Tema Motorway stretch today,” the Police said.
According to the Police, the Patrol Team, on its operation dubbed “Operation Intensive Stop and Search,” found the three sacks together with 113 parcels mixed together with bagged Okro.
It said upon interrogation, the driver insisted that the sacks were loaded with Okro to be delivered in Accra.
“However, when the driver was told that he’s being arrested for carrying banned substance, he and owner of the substance offered the Patrol Team with an amount ⸿16,460 as bribery but the Team refused the bribe and arrested the two,” the Police said.
It added that five other persons have also been arrested in connection with the substance found in the vehicle.
Read the full statement below:
Driver and Owner of Goods Attempted Bribery of Officers
The owner and driver of Kia Rhino truck with registration number GS 5491-13, attempted to bribe a Police Highway Patrol Team with an amount of over ⸿16,000.00 when Police found more than three sack-full of substances believed to be Indian hemp on the vehicle, on the Accra-Tema Motorway stretch today.
The Patrol Team on its operation dubbed “Operation Intensive Stop and Search” found the three sacks together with 113 parcels mixed together with bagged Okro. Upon interrogation, the driver insisted that the sacks were loaded with Okro to be delivered in Accra.
However, when the driver was told that he’s being arrested for carrying banned substances, he and the owner of the substance offered the Patrol Team with an amount ⸿16,460 as bribery but the Team refused the bribe and arrested the two.
Five other persons have also been arrested in connection with the substance found in the vehicle.
