Mr Amwar James Coffie, a 31 year old Ghanaian businessman was on Thursday arrested at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), for attempting to export four kilogramms of marijuana to Moscow.

An Aviation Security Officer arrested him at the last checkpoint on his way to board an Aeroflot flight for Moscow. The stuff had been compressed and sewn onto a cloth strapped on his body with elastic bands.

He told newsmen he bought the substance for 200,000 cedis from a drug peddler who processed and compressed it for him. Mr Coffie said he is married with three children and operates a communications centre and transport but was compelled to attempt smuggle the drug due to financial problems.

The Security Officer said he became suspicious from the way he was walking and behaving and decided to give him a thorough search. Warrant Officer Vincent Tetteh, Aviation Security Manager, stressed the determination of the Aviation security track down drug dealers and smugglers who use the airport for their nefarious activities.

He said KIA's hard earned category one status would not be compromised and warned drug dealers using the airport that they would be flushed out.