Two suspects have been apprehended for unlawfully trying to smuggle dried bags of cocoa beans in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region.
Suspects Mohammed Yahuza and Yakubu Iddrisu have since been granted bail by the Tafo-Pankrono District police, assisting in investigations.
According to a police statement, which has been sighted by the DAILY GUIDE, the two suspects had concealed 20 bags of cocoa beans in their vehicle.
The Tafo-Pankrono police patrol team, who were very vigilant, found the cocoa beans in the vehicle at Moshie Zongo in Kumasi at 1pm on May 15, 2025.
The security agents instantly seized the cocoa beans and also apprehended the two suspects, who failed to produce invoice covering the goods.
“On 15/05/2025 at about 1300hrs, the Tafo-Pankrono Day patrol team, arrested and brought to the station Mohammed Yahuza and Yakubu Iddrisu.
“They were in charge of sprinter bus with registration number As-4824-13, loaded with twenty bags of dried cocoa beans, concealed in the vehicle,” the police report disclosed.
The report said the car was intercepted around Moshie Zongo, and search conducted revealed the exhibits, noting, “suspect driver failed to produce invoice or any receipt covering the goods when requested.”
The police said ex-WO1 Ahiaku Godwin (Rtd) and Robert Smith of Special Services Department of Cocoa Board, Kumasi, were informed and exhibit handed over to them for safekeeping.
According to the police statement, the two suspects are currently on police enquiry bail, indicating that investigations into the case is still ongoing.
-DGN online
