From Vincent Amenuveve, Tamale
When a 24-year-old apprentice electrician threatened to kill his brother with a machete during a misunderstanding at Gumbihini, a suburb of Tamale, little did he know that his intimidation would eventually lead to his arrest and subsequent imprisonment for possessing cannabis (wee).
Majeed Alhassan has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in hard labour by the Tamale Circuit Court for possessing a narcotic drug.
The facts of the case, as presented by a State Attorney, Mr Agbeko Kra, were that in the evening of May 7, 2007, Alhassan was found wielding a machete, threatening to kill his brother if he dared draw near him.
The prosecution stated that with the assistance of the other siblings in the house, the convict was arrested and taken to his room where they found large quantities of cannabis (wee) in a plastic bag.
Mr Kra said with the discovery, the siblings reported the matter to the police in Tamale, who arrested him. Upon interrogation, he claimed ownership of the substance.
Majeed had stated that he was a beggar who moved from one village to another to beg for alms, saying that anytime he got tired on his rounds he smoked the wee to make him more active.
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