Northamptonshire, UK --THE jury in the trial of a man accused of conspiring to import and sell thousands of pounds worth of cannabis in Northamptonshire was expected to retire today.
Evans Quaye, 27, formerly of Henshaw Road, Wellingborough, spent most of yesterday in the witness box at Northampton Crown Court answering questions about various bank accounts and cash and drugs found in houses.
The jury has been told that 11 parcels from Ghana containing cannabis were intercepted at the Mount Pleasant sorting office in London. Northamptonshire Police were alerted and an officer, posing as a postman, delivered one to a house in Henshaw Road, Wellingborough.
Although it was addressed to Charles Phillips, and no one of that name lived there, it was accepted. Police who raided the house shortly afterwards found cash totalling nearly ?40,000.
In a raid on another house in Wellingborough, cannabis weighing 46kg was recovered. This had a street value of ?200,000.
Quaye told the court that when he moved to Wellingborough from London he first went to live in Cowper Road before going to Henshaw Road where his brother, Edmund and his wife, Doris Akotey lived.
Akotey, 27, has been jointly charged with Quaye with conspiring to import cannabis and conspiracy to supply it, but the jury has been told she has absconded. Quaye had denied the charges.
Nicholas Dean, prosecuting, asked Quaye whether he was aware a parcel containing cannabis had been delivered to Henshaw Road. Quaye said he had no knowledge of that or did not know anything about the large amount of cash found there.
He also said he did not know anything about the drugs found at another address. Quaye said ?I know nothing about drugs or cash. I kept myself to myself?. The trial continues.
Northamptonshire, UK --THE jury in the trial of a man accused of conspiring to import and sell thousands of pounds worth of cannabis in Northamptonshire was expected to retire today.
Evans Quaye, 27, formerly of Henshaw Road, Wellingborough, spent most of yesterday in the witness box at Northampton Crown Court answering questions about various bank accounts and cash and drugs found in houses.
The jury has been told that 11 parcels from Ghana containing cannabis were intercepted at the Mount Pleasant sorting office in London. Northamptonshire Police were alerted and an officer, posing as a postman, delivered one to a house in Henshaw Road, Wellingborough.
Although it was addressed to Charles Phillips, and no one of that name lived there, it was accepted. Police who raided the house shortly afterwards found cash totalling nearly ?40,000.
In a raid on another house in Wellingborough, cannabis weighing 46kg was recovered. This had a street value of ?200,000.
Quaye told the court that when he moved to Wellingborough from London he first went to live in Cowper Road before going to Henshaw Road where his brother, Edmund and his wife, Doris Akotey lived.
Akotey, 27, has been jointly charged with Quaye with conspiring to import cannabis and conspiracy to supply it, but the jury has been told she has absconded. Quaye had denied the charges.
Nicholas Dean, prosecuting, asked Quaye whether he was aware a parcel containing cannabis had been delivered to Henshaw Road. Quaye said he had no knowledge of that or did not know anything about the large amount of cash found there.
He also said he did not know anything about the drugs found at another address. Quaye said ?I know nothing about drugs or cash. I kept myself to myself?. The trial continues.
