A 24-year-old woman at Kpong in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region has been remanded into police custody by the Somanya Magistrate court for selling tea laced with narcotics.

The suspect, Anas Laad was also charged for illegal possession of substances suspected to be cannabis without lawful authority.

She was arrested together with seven other persons during a swoop at Kpong on January 30. But the other suspects were released after further investigations.

Speaking to JoyNews, Akuse District Police Commander, Superintendent Cletus Abadamlora said: "We arrested some persons peddling these narcotic drugs and other things in Kpong area. So we were able to pick intelligence and then we swooped the area."

"We got about eight men including the female person in custody now and when we screened all of them, we didn't get anything incriminating on the men but we got this tea laced with leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in the tea."

According to the Police Commander, when she was interrogated, the suspect admitted selling the substances to the public.

In court, the prosecutor of the case, Inspector Emmanuel Aryitey prayed for the suspect to be remanded to allow the police to conduct a forensic laboratory examination within 14 days.

The court presided over by His Lordship Derrick Oklu granted his request and scheduled the next sitting for February 18.