Police in Wenchi in the Bono Region have arrested eight suspected Indian Hemp smokers and peddlers, in a swoop conducted in the Municipality on Tuesday.

Sompa FM gathered the suspects, including a young lady, Nasiba Ubeida, 19 years, who had since been placed in custody, as the police continued with their investigations.

The other suspects are Abdul Nashiru 28, Adama Abu 57, Mohammed Siaka 43, Yerifa Joe 36, Adams Tijani 26, Moses Fii 80, Sule Sumaila, 29.

A source at the Wenchi Divisional Police Command who disclosed this in an interview with Sompa FM in Sunyani said the police conducted the swoop around 1830 hours at the popular “Kaamu ghetto”, arrested the suspects and set the ghetto ablaze.

The ghetto remained a den of criminals who robbed and terrorized residents in the Municipality.

When contacted, the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Boakye Ansah, the Wenchi Divisional Police Commander confirmed but declined to comment on the story.

He, however, asked Sompa FM to rather follow up the story from the Bono Regional Police Command.

Source: Ghana/Sompaonline.com/K.Peprah