JUDGEMENT
ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC-
FACTS
On 10th July 2006, Frimpong Badu (Appellant) arrived at the Kotoka International Airport to board a KLM flight to Amsterdam. While undergoing pre-boarding formalities, he was arrested by officials of the Narcotic Drugs Control Board on duty at the airport, on suspicion of possessing narcotic drugs on his body. He was taken to the 37 Military Hospital for an X-ray examination which proved negative. Appellant was taken back to the Airport by the officials to conduct a search of his hand luggage. Four parcels of powdery substance suspected to be narcotic drug were found concealed in a small green bag that the Appellant was holding along with his Puma carry-on bag. A test conducted by the Ghana Standards Board proved that the substance was cocaine weighing 1, 656, 8215 grammes.
The Appellant claimed the green bag was given to him at the Airport by one Kenny to be given to a mutual friend Marvin in Holland saying it contained personal effects left by Marvin …