The police said the youth have resorted to lacing soups with cocaine, marijuana and other illicit drugs, thereby making it almost impossible for police to detect.
Police in the central region of Ghana have decried new modus operandi adopted by the youth in the region who engage in the use of illicit drugs, making it difficult for the law enforcement officers to arrest them.
The police said the youth have resorted to lacing soups with cocaine, marijuana and other illicit drugs, thereby making it almost impossible for police to detect.
Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Paul Awini who made the revelation at a sensitisation workshop organised by the Police Ladies Association in Cape Coast said the trend is getting to an alarming proportion.
He said: “We all know people smoke wee so when you are standing from a distance, you can detect it and effect some arrests. The trend is changing and changing very fast. Now the wee and cocaine are put in alcoholic beverages are consumed in huge quantities by our youth.”
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The police boss asserted that the high rate of unemployment is partly blamable for the drug abuse among the youth, warning it has unpleasant security repercussions for the country.
“There are a lot of the armed robbers if you talk to them closely, they will tell you they have no jobs. Most of them do that do that out of hunger. Imagine people who are graduates are unable to get jobs. These people join groups that end of committing many heinous crimes in the country,” DCOP Paul Awini is quoted as having said.
A 2014 statistics released by the Narcotic Control Board revealed that about 70% of youth mostly from the country’s junior and senior high schools were prone to the risks of drug abuse.
What the police boss failed to mention was whether his outfit has figured out the sources of these drugs that are being abused by the youth in his jurisdiction.