Two persons were on Friday sentenced to two years imprisonment for conspiracy to commit crime and possession of narcotic drugs without lawful authority.

The two, Ebenezer Tagoe, a mason and Emmanuel Boi Nortey, a Carpenter, were sentenced to one year each for conspiracy and two years each for possession of 23 and a half maxi sacks of dried leaves suspected to be narcotic drugs .

The facts of the case as presented by Chief Superintendent Duuti Tuaruka were that, the complainants were police officers stationed at Amasaman, and that, Ebenezer, 47 lived in a house at Papaase near Kotoku in the Greater Accra region, while Emmanuel, 32 lives at Avenor.

He said on November 6, 2013 at about 0330 hours, the police officers, while on their normal patrol duties, acted upon information that quantities of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp concealed in black polythene bags had been kept in an uncompleted house at Papaase.

He told the court that, when the policemen arrived at the place they met Ebenezer in the house and when a search was conducted in one of the rooms, the bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were found.

The prosecution said they also retrieved one locally made compressor, one scale, a sharp knife and four cello tapes.