{"id":35231,"date":"2022-02-03T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=35231"},"modified":"2022-02-03T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:40:33","slug":"volta-region-pregnant-woman-three-others-arrested-for-cultivating-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=35231","title":{"rendered":"Volta Region: Pregnant woman, three others arrested for cultivating cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A pregnant woman, a nursing mother, and two others have been arrested while working on a cannabis farm at Liati Dafornu in the Afadjato South District of the Volta Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a joint operation led by personnel of the Narcotics Control Commission with support from the Immigration Service and the police, about forty acres of cannabis farms were destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the media, the Head of Communications of NACOC, Francis Opoku Amoah, said his outfit will roll out more intelligence-based operations to fight the cultivation, production, and usage of illicit substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35235\" width=\"648\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm2-1.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm2-1-410x227.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm2-1-543x300.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation, which has been ongoing for some days, has seen the arrest of four persons; a man and three women. One of the women was a pregnant woman, and the other a nursing mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was an arrest on the 1st of February 2022. We arrested 4 people, a 29-year-old and three females. Of The three females, one is a minor, and a 16 and 18-year-old. Unfortunately, for those 16 and 18 year-olds, one is a lactating mother, and the other is a pregnant woman. Those people are currently with the Hohoe Divisional Police,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm1.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm1-410x224.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cannabis-farm1-550x300.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCultivating cannabis is still illegal in our country, and therefore if you engage in it, you are engaging in illegal activity and the law will catch up with you\u2026 This is one of the largest. We can say that we\u2019ve done more than 6 different farms and each farm could be more than 6 acres, so we are looking at a lot of acres that people have decided that instead of cultivating food for our country, they will use it for illegal activity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The farms were subsequently cleared and burnt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pregnant woman, a nursing mother, and two others have been arrested while working on a cannabis farm at Liati Dafornu in the Afadjato South District of the Volta Region. 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