A female convict serving her jail sentence has dropped a shocking revelation against officials of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC).
According to the female convict, some NACOC officials provide drug dealers with information about planned raids to help them escape arrest.
Recounting how she was arrested during a raid in Takoradi on December 26, 2014, the female convict stated, “There are times where some of the Narcotics officials provide intel to the drug peddlers (pushers) about their raid just so we can escape. Some of the pushers pay these officials”.
“During the Christmas season, there are lots of events that go on, so there was this particular event which I attended. The NACOC team came there and conducted a raid,” she said.
“When we got the intel, we escaped the ghetto, but I decided to go back afterwards, where I was caught,” she stated.
She further revealed that her arrest came at a time when she was also struggling with drug use and wanted to quit.
“I wanted to quit the drugs because at a point, I always got caught on my criminal operations,” she added.
The female convict added, “We were a gang of girls that used to break into people’s homes, and that practice taught me how to steal. No matter how tall your fence wall is, I will jump over it and break into your home to steal whatever I find, whether laptops or phones”.
“When he gives me the drugs, I give him the proceeds from my criminal operations, and in turn, he gives me my portion. I don’t use the money on food but on cocaine,” she stated.
In other news, a Ghanaian bar owner who was wrongfully convicted has been awarded compensation of GH¢800,000 by the Supreme Court after wrongfully spending 19 years in prison.
Yaw Appiah, a 48-year-old Ghanaian bar owner, was awarded GH¢800,000 in compensation by the Supreme Court after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned.
Reports suggest that Appiah was initially acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal in 2025 after serving years in prison for an offence he did not commit.
Yaw Appiah was convicted in 2011 and handed a 45-year sentence for robbery. When he was 29 years old, he had already spent five years on remand following his arrest in 2006.
After his acquittal, his lawyers, Augustine Obour and Claudia Coleman, filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking compensation of GH¢2,020,800.
However, the prosecution, led by Principal State Attorney Nana Adoma Osei, argued for a lower amount, proposing between GH¢75,000 and GH¢100,000.
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson, fixed the compensation at GH¢800,000, citing the legal principle in the Dodzi Sabbah case.
The Supreme Court panel also included Justice Prof Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Justice Samuel Asiedu, Justice Yaw Darko Asare, and Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo.
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