A Circuit Court at Denu Torkor in Aflao has granted bail to Hawa Fuseini in the sum of GH¢70,000 for importing non-compliant pharmaceutical products into the country without a license.
Hawa remains in police custody due to her inability to meet the bail conditions, which include two sureties—one of which must be justified.
She, however, pleaded guilty with explanation to the two charges and is expected to reappear in court on May 28.
Narrating her situation, Hawa told the court that she had been unwell and had stayed in Lomé, Togo, receiving treatment for three months. She explained that upon returning to Ghana, she was advised to deal in aphrodisiacs to earn a living.
She said she obliged and received the products on credit to start a business in Accra but was arrested at the border and pleaded for leniency.
Police Inspector Albert Kumbor, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Joseph Behome that Hawa was arrested at the Aflao border by a team from the Food and Drugs Authority and other collaborators for attempting to smuggle a quantity of unregistered pharmaceutical products.
He said Hawa was en route to Accra on a Nagode Transport vehicle with registration number TG 5846 BN when she was arrested on May 9 at about 5:30 p.m. with packets of 200mg Mygra Sildenafil Citrate and 200mg Heira Sildenafil Citrate aphrodisiacs.
The consignment, he added, was concealed in a Cream Cracker carton and was discovered by the inspection team.
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