A joint police and forestry personnel
task force at the weekend, destroyed an eight acre Indian hemp plantation,
located inside the Bia-Tano forest reserve in the Asunafo North municipality
of Brong Ahafo.
No one was arrested, but it was suspected some residents of Kokofu, a predominantly farming community near Mim were involved.
It took the team, led by Inspector Emmanuel Darkwah Owiredu, the station officer at Mim, more than three hours to undertake the exercise.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at the scene after the exercise, Mr Tweneboah Donkor, Goaso Forestry Manager, said the action followed a tip-off that a large tract of the reserve had been depleted and planted with some leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
He said acting upon the information, the division and the police mobilized the team to the area and discovered the plantation.
The Forestry Manager said the police were conducting investigations to arrest the culprits.
Meanwhile, Superintendent Mohammed Ali, Goaso divisional police commander, has given the assurance that the police were determined to clamp down on criminals in the municipality.
He expressed concern about the spate of drug abuse and peddling in the municipality and appealed to the general public to provide information about people of questionable character to the police.