{"id":114211,"date":"2026-02-05T14:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=114211"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:56:19","slug":"police-nab-man-for-allegedly-mixing-alcoholic-beverages-with-narcotics-in-kumasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=114211","title":{"rendered":"Police nab man for allegedly mixing alcoholic beverages with narcotics in Kumasi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 53-year-old man has been arrested in the Ashanti region for allegedly lacing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages with narcotic substances.<\/p>\n

The suspect, identified as Adjei Owusu Afriyie, was arrested at Akyeremade, in the Atwima Kwawoma District, during an intelligence-led operation by the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ashanti Regional Police Command.<\/p>\n

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During a Thursday-morning raid in the community, officers of the unit barged into and ransacked a local pub known as \u201cDe-Vicky\u2019s\u201d where they uncovered the illicit activity.<\/p>\n

The suspect is reported to have been serving his customers with concoctions of beverages mixed with hard drugs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA search conducted at the premises, particularly the suspect\u2019s storeroom, led to the retrieval of Seven (7) barrels containing locally manufactured dry gin (akpeteshie), fifty-six (56) branded Alomo gin bottles, each containing locally manufactured dry gin (akpeteshie), One (1) barrel containing sobolo, and One (1) gallon containing sobolo,\u201d said a statement from the police.<\/p>\n

Preliminary assessments indicated that the seized substances were suspected to be laced with narcotic drugs.<\/p>\n

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The suspect is currently in police custody, assisting with investigations, while the seized items have been secured for forensic examination.<\/p>\n

Further investigations are also ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the prohibited business and to identify any accomplices.<\/p>\n

The Ashanti Regional Police Command assured of its continued commitment to combating drug-related offences and safeguarding public health and safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A 53-year-old man has been arrested in the Ashanti region for allegedly lacing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages with narcotic substances.<\/p>\n

The suspect, identified as Adjei Owusu Afriyie, was arrested at Akyeremade, in the Atwima Kwawoma District, during an intelligence-led operation by the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ashanti Regional Police Command.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16445,50,15870,773,10,9,1907],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beverages","category-crime","category-narcotics","category-police","category-politics","category-popular","category-regional"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}