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The police have not completed investigations into the case involving Christian Sheriff Asem Darkei, the man alleged to have played a major role in the shipment and disappearance of 77 parcels of cocaine weighing 2,310 kilogrammes in April 2006. An Assistant State Attorney, Mr Owusu Ameyaw, told the Accra Circuit Court at its sitting in Accra yesterday that investigations were ongoing and for that reason the court should remand the accused person. However, Sheriff�s lawyer, Mr George Heward-Mills, did not take kindly to the prosecution�s claims and argued that investigations should have been completed by now. Mr Heward-Mills subsequently prayed the court not to entertain the prosecution�s prayer for the remand of his client. He renewed his prayer for bail for his client but the court, presided over by Ms Audrey Korcuvie-Tay, refused to grant counsel�s plea and remanded the suspect to reappear on April 4, 2012. Sheriff, alias The Limping Man, who had been in hiding since 2006, was arrested by BNI officials at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on February 2, 2012 upon a tip off. He has pleaded not guilty to three counts of conspiracy, importation and exportation of narcotic drugs.