The police at Ajumako have arrested a refrigerator mechanic who gave a soft drink lanced with drugs to a girl and defiled her.
A spokesman for the Ajumako police told newsmen that the parents of the 16-year-old girl gave their fridge to the mechanic, Cobbina Owane, for repairs.
On June 8, the parents asked the girl to collect the refrigerator from Owane and when she got the workshop Owane told her that the repair works on the fridge had been completed and that it had been kept in his house so the girl should accompany him to house for it.
Owane gave her a seat in his room and went out for a bottle of soft drink. He laced the drink with drugs and as soon as the girl took it he slept and Owane defiled her.
The police said when she regained conscious she found that she was bleeding from her private part and reported the incident to her parents when she got home.
The girl is receiving treatment is receiving treatment at the Saltpond Government Hospital.
