Lithuanian teenagers in court over cocaine

Accra, Nov. 8, GNA - Two Lithuanians juveniles, who were arrested at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) with cocaine in one of their bags, on Thursday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with drug-related offences.

The two teenagers also expelled pellets of the drug they had swallowed.

Dilys Audrius, 19, is said to have expelled nine pellets of cocaine while his 16 year-old accomplice swallowed 45. They are charged with possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority. The court did not take their plea. They are to reappear on November 21.

The facts narrated by Mr Asiamah Sampong, a State Attorney, said the accused persons who were domiciled in London arrived at the Kotoka International Airport on November 3 to board a Ghana International Airline flight to London.

While going through departure formalities they were suspected of carrying drugs because of their bahaviour.

When their traveling bag was examined it revealed a false compartment, which had a powdery substance.

A search was conducted on them and six pellets of whitish substances were retrieved from Audrius' socks and three in his underpants. The 16 year-old confessed that he had also swallowed 45 pellets.

The two were escorted to the 37 Military Hospital for medical examination, which proved that they had foreign material in their stomach.

Audrius expelled nine pellets and his accomplice expelled 45 pellets.

The two accused persons who said they were in Ghana for holidays said on their arrival two people - Jim and Sparky - took them to Clenato Guest House where they stayed for three weeks. According to them, Jim and Sparky visited them daily, took them out and gave them cannabis to smoke and before their departure, brought them the bag to pack their clothes into it. They said Jim and Sparky also gave them the cocaine to swallow. Two British teenage girls are also being tried for drug offences after their arrest at the Kotoka International Airport while attempting to smuggle drugs out of the country.