A team of Police officers from the National Highway Police Patrol team on patrol duty at Dzrakate, a community near Akatsi on the Accra-Aflao highway have arrested two suspects for possessing a consignment suspected to be human blood without authority.

The suspects, namely Winnie Agbofoatsi Kwesi, a 34-year-old teacher, and Morgan Martins, a 38-year-old contractor have been charged with the offence of possessing of human parts/blood contrary to section 69B of the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2012 of Act 29/60.

Sources available to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) revealed that the patrol team on Sunday, February 9 at about 1200 hours intercepted a Toyota Corolla car with registration number GW 2837-19 that was moving from Accra direction towards Aflao.

After a search was conducted by the officers, the suspected human blood was found in three plastic containers with Winnie Agbofoatsi’s contact number written on the content, and after interrogation, the driver disclosed to the police that the content was given to him at Tema to be delivered to Agbofoatsi at Agbozume.

The source further indicated that Agbofoatsi was arrested with the help of the driver who admitted the offence but explained that he got supplies from Martins, stating that the move was the second supply from Tema.

Agbofoatsi further revealed that his duty was to send the human blood to a fetish priest at Lome in the Republic of Togo.

However, Martins, the second suspect who surfaced himself at the Akatsi Police Station in an attempt to solve the problem was also arrested and cautioned, where he admitted the offence.

The suspects have since been remanded by the AKatsi District Court and will reappear on Thursday, February 20.

The Police at Akatsi have since commenced investigations into the act.

Meanwhile, another suspect (name withheld) believed to be an accomplice, is still at large.