THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC AND ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD vs. EDWARD MACAULEY [2016]DLHC17392

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC AND ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE, NARCOTICS CONTROL B... [2016]DLHC17392

Date	2016-02-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO: FTRM 227/13
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC17392

HER LADYSHIP GEORGINA MENSAH-DATSA

MR. DANIEL AMANKWAH

MR. KWESI BAFFOE INTSIFUL

[2016]DLHC17392
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC AND ORGANISED
CRIME OFFICE, NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDWARD MACAULEY<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO: FTRM 227/13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
26TH FEBRUARY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

MR. DANIEL AMANKWAH FOR 2ND
APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

MR. KWESI BAFFOE INTSIFUL
FOR RESPONDENT AND CLAIMANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP GEORGINA
MENSAH-DATSA<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>This
is an application to confiscate Plot No. 2A Mango close, Dansoman, Accra,
property of the respondent herein to the state, in accordance with Sections 46,
47, 48, 49 &amp; 51 of the Economic and Organised Crime Office Act, 2010, (Act
804), which is opposed to by the respondents’ lawful attorney and the claimant
herein.<o:p></o:p>The facts of this case are that, somewhere in 2011, the applicant was arrested by the
security agencies for being a manager of a Ghana-based heroin trafficking
organization response for illegally importing into the United States of America
multiple kilograms of heroin. Subsequently, the respondent with some of his
ring leaders were extradited to the United States of America to stand trial. On
6th April, 2012, the respondent pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
import heroin and was convicted and sentenced
to one hundred and sixty-eight (168) months imprisonment by United States District
Court, Eastern District
of Virginia, Alexandria Division, in Case Number 1:11 CR 00199—001 pursuant
to 21 U.S. Code § 963. The
respondent is currently serving his sentence at the Federal
Correctional Institution at Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S.A., and has
given a power of attorney to his oldest son, Edward Macauley Jnr. of House No. 11 24th Close, Dansoman, to pursue this suit on his
behalf. Following the