Police Superintendent John Naami, Koforidua Municipal Commander, on Wednesday expressed worry about reported cases of some farmers using subsidized fertilizers in the cultivation of Indian hemp.
He therefore called for proper scrutiny of farmers in the issuing of subsidized fertilizers to ensure that it was used for food crops and not for Indian hemp cultivation.
Superintendent Naami was briefing the GNA after a combined team of police men and Korle-Nkwanta Neighbourhood Watch Committee identified over 60 acres of "wee" plantation at Boti in the Yilo Krobo District.
He stressed that the large cultivation of "wee" had a direct impact on criminal and security activities, and that it was important that its production was nip in the bud.
According to him, the fight against farmers of such plantation would be easier when measures are put in place to ensure that they did not have access to the subsidized fertilizer which they use.
Nene Tei Oklitey, Chief of Boti-Centre, had been picked by the police to help identify the owners of the land, whiles four other farmers were arrested on their plantations during the operation.
They were Nartey Felix 17, a JHS 2 pupil, Dawutey Tawiah 32, Emmanuel Narh 54 and Emmanuel Akuteye 60.
The combined team had initially embarked on the operation to destroy a 20- acre wee plantation identified by the police through intelligence monitoring, but upon further search came across the over 40 plantation in the same town.
This brings to over 100 acres of wee plantation identified and destroyed by the municipal command in less than a year around Boti, Huhunya and its environs in the same district.
The four would be processed for court after interrogation; whiles the police mobilize more men to destroy the rest of the plantation currently under guard.