Seven suspects, including a driver  of a Nigerien-bound bus and  a physically -challenged man have been arrested in Kumasi for  attempting to transport  37 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp.

The suspects  include Ibrahim Mumuni, 35,  the  Ghanaian driver  and  two Nigerien accomplices  Adamu Isaku-48, Abubakari  Janilo, 32  the disabled person.

A team from the Regional Criminal Investigations Department arrested the suspects upon a tip-off at a lorry terminal in Aboabo.

Acting on a tip-off, uniformed and plain-cloth police officers stormed the Aboabo lorry terminal for Burkina Faso-Mali- Niger buses at about 10 a.m on Saturday.

A search in one of the compartments close to the back axle  of the Kumasi-Niamey bound  bus led to the discovery of 38 parcels carefully concealed in a nylon sack.

The driver of the bus, Ibrahim Mumuni mentioned a passenger, Janilo,  as the owner of the parcels. He told police the parcels were 68 but his  apprentice who is currently on the run sold some of them.

Janilo, with a walking impairment, in his caution statement to police said the parcels were given to him to him to be sent to an unidentified Nigerien man.

Police have since mounted a search for the driver's mate and impounded  the  DAF Bus with registration  GT 19 F, pending investigations.

The Regional Police Command is expected  to brief the media on the operation on Monday.