ISAAC KOFI TETTEH vs. THE REPUBLIC

This is a criminal appeal by the Appellant for mitigation of the sentence imposed on him by the Circuit Court, Accra on 18th July 2011. The Appellant was tried with two others on a charge of possession of narcotic drugs without authority and contrary to section 2 (1) of PNDCL 236. The court found them guilty of the offence and sentenced them to twelve years imprisonment with hard labour. The Appellant being one of the convicts is before this court praying for mitigation of the sentence imposed on him pursuant to leave granted him on 5th May 2016 to appeal. It can be gleaned from the judgment of the court below that the Appellant together with two others were arrested in a house at Avenor in Accra during an exercise which was undertaken by a combined team of police, military and NACOB officials on 16th March 2016. The team in the operation found sacks of cannabis sativa with the accused persons in room they occupied in the house during the operation and arrested them. They were char...