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The Accra Circuit Court has discharged a senior high school graduate who was standing trial for allegedly possessing narcotic drugs. The court�s decision was based on the fact that there was lack of evidence to support the charges preferred against 22-year-old Emmanuel Nukunu. Nukunu had been on remand since his arrest on May 21, 2014, for allegedly possessing 147 parcels of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. He was charged with possession of narcotic drugs. After being discharged, the court, presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, ordered the investigator to provide GH�20 to the freed man to travel back to his home town, Ajumako-Besease, in the Central Region. Fact of case Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Mr Patrick Hanson told the court that on May 21, 2014, about 6 a.m, a team of police personnel from the Anti-armed Robbery Squad of the CID headquarters conducted an operation in and around Ajumako-Besease in the Central Region to clamp down on illegal firearms manufacturers. In the course of the operation, the team received an intelligent report that some quantity of dried leaves suspected to be narcotic drug had been parked in a room being occupied by the accused person. The team managed to trace the location and was able to arrest Nukunu. Mr Hanson said he led the police to his room where all the dried leaves were found. In his statement, Nukunu said it was a woman by name Kuukuwa who offered him the room to spend the night and that everything in it belonged to her. Mr Hanson said the dried leaves had been taken to the Police Forensic Science Laboratory for examination, while efforts were being made to get Kuukuwa arrested.