Ghanaian arrested in the Us for Possessing Heroin

A GHANAIAN has been arrested at the Detroit Airport in the United States of America (USA) for possessing 1.8 kilogrammes of heroin.
The suspect, whose name has been withheld, arrived in the United States from The Netherlands with the heroin which has a street value of $400,000.
According to foreign media reports, on Tuesday, January 8, 2012,  US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport seized 1.8 kilogrammes of heroin from a Ghanaian citizen who had arrived from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The reports said a search by the CBP officers through his belongings revealed a package containing heroin, with an estimated street value of $400,000.
“The relentless effort and dedication of frontline CBP employees has resulted in the interdiction of these illicit drugs, preventing them from reaching the streets and doing harm,”  the CBP Port Director, Devin Chamberlain, said.
The individual was arrested and turned over to US Homeland Security Investigations agents.
The US Attorney’s office will prosecute the individual.
The US CBP is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of US borders at and between the official ports of entry.
The CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country, while enforcing hundreds of US laws.
Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has contacted its counterpart in the USA for full details on the arrest of the Ghanaian at the Detroit Airport.
According to the Executive Secretary of NACOB, Mr Yaw Akrasi Sarpong, the report received by the board so far was too scanty and so the board had written for full details about the name and age of the suspect.
He said NACOB also wanted to know the last time the individual visited Ghana and how long he had been living in The Netherlands.
That, he said, would enable NACOB to launch full-scale investigations into the arrest of that person.