Four persons have appeared before an Accra court for allegedly concealing 4.6 kilogrammes of marijuana in a jute bag for delivery to Qatar through a traveller.

The accused allegedly hid the suspected narcotic drugs among items including Ever Sheen cocoa butter, Fante kenkey and smoked fish.

The traveller was arrested on arrival in Qatar and is serving a 25-year prison sentence.

The accused are Isaac Techie-Menson, 57, Comfort Ofosu, 25, Catherine Quaye, 43, all travel agents, and Kwaku Blorme, 38, a tiler.

They have been charged with unlawful control of narcotic drugs and prohibition of business relating to narcotic drugs.

The accused pleaded not guilty and were granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 each with three sureties.

The court ordered that the sureties must reside within its jurisdiction, with one surety required to justify the bail with landed property valued at not less than the bail sum.

The court also directed the accused to report to the case investigator every fortnight.

They are expected to reappear on August 3, 2026.

The prosecution said that on October 30, 2025, the Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department received a complaint from Mr Kwasi Dari that, on October 13, 2025, Techie-Menson and Ofosu gave a parcel to his son, David Vouganye, who was travelling to Doha, Qatar, to deliver to a person expected to meet him at the airport.

According to the prosecution, airport authorities at Qatar International Airport intercepted the parcel during arrival checks on October 14, 2025 and detected substances suspected to be narcotic drugs concealed inside it.

Vouganye was subsequently arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment.

The prosecution said that on October 30, 2025, the complainant spotted Techie-Menson and Ofosu at the Accra International Airport and, with the assistance of the Airport Police, they were arrested.

During investigations, Techie-Menson and Ofosu allegedly identified Quaye as the person who had brought the parcel to them for onward delivery through a passenger travelling to Doha.

Quaye was subsequently arrested and, in her cautioned statement, allegedly identified Blorme as the person who had given her the parcel.

The prosecution said Quaye told investigators that when she inspected the parcel, it contained gari and sealed containers of Ever Sheen cocoa butter.

Blorme, the prosecution said, admitted sending a parcel to Quaye but maintained that it contained only food items comprising gari, Fante kenkey, smoked fish and epiderm cream.

The prosecution told the court that a formal request had been sent to Qatar through Interpol for full details of the case, while investigations continue.