AN INFORMANT, who allegedly assisted the Police in locating the man alleged to have imported the 77 parcels of cocaine into the country, Asem Darkey alias "Limping man" at Ada has expressed his disappointment towards the security agency.

Giving evidence before the Fast Track High Court (FTC) trying two suspected drug barons yesterday, the informant noted that the Police had not fulfilled a ¢40Million (GH¢ 4000) reward promised for the location of Asem Darkey.

According to the witness, whenever he went to the Greater Accra Regional Headquarters, the offices of the Police team that he led to locate Asem Darkey, a wanted person, he was given a cold reception as only a ¢100,000 (GH¢10) was given to him and a colleague, who accompanied him on the operation.

He told the court, presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, an Appeal Court Judge sitting as an additional High Court Judge that he is currently living in fear as there was no compensation to even cover up for the dangerous expedition he took.

"If the Police had not promised me, I would not have involved myself in the case," witness, who was speaking in a local language through an interpreter, emphatically told the court.

Witness, who appeared in court, was mentioned by one of the suspects, Alhaji Issa Abass in his evidence-in-chief that the former and one Gornu assisted the Police to locate the wanted man but failed to arrest him (Asem Darkey).

Witness told the court how he led the Police team, led by Nana Justice Oppong to locate the "Limping man".

Led-in-evidence by Mr. Mohammed Attah, counsel for Abass, witness indicated that Alhaji Abass, who he knew in Tema, contacted him on phone to come to his house, where he and Gornu met some CIDs.

Witness noted that the Police CIDs, whose names he mentioned as Alhaji and one, Charles Adaba, whom he identified in court, subsequently held discussions with them in which they sought their assistance to locate Asem Darkey and one "Killer", who are on their wanted list.

According to the witness, he initially showed the Police CIDs the residence of "Killer", where they went at a later day and arrested his wife and subsequently went to the residence of Killer's brother to arrest him also, all in the guise of locating "Killer".

Witness indicated that he later on communicated to the police that he had had information that a funeral would be taking place at Big Ada, which he suspected that Asem Darkey would be present.

The informant told the court that he and his colleague Gornu went on the operation with a number of police personnel to Ada to arrest Asem Darkey, if he was found.

Witness, who mentioned, Nana, Alhaji, Sule and Charles Adaba as some of the police personnel on the operation, noted that the group positioned themselves at different parts, when they got to the funeral grounds at Big Ada with some of the police positioned at Ada junction.

He further indicated that on the funeral ground he saw Asem Darkey, his wife and a Machoman seated in a Toyota Land Cruiser and drove away and as a result, he quickly informed Nana Justice Oppong and Alhaji that Darkey was heading towards the junction after which he took off on his motor bike to Ada junction.

Witness noted that the police including Gornu and himself were at the junction trying to fix Gornu faulty car, which he took on the operation, when he realized that the Land Cruiser in which Asem Darkey was had passed by on tough speed.

Witness indicated that the police left in their car and followed Asem's car and subsequently told them when he and Gornu met them at the Motorway that Asem Darkey was not in the vehicle as it was his wife and the driver, who they saw.

Witness further noted that it became a serious argument between them and the police as he insisted that Asem was in the vehicle.

In cross-examination the acting Director for Public Prosecution (DPP), Ms. Gertrude Aikins emphasized that Charles Adaba, the police CID, was not among the police team that went on the operation and that he took over the case in October 2006, when Nana Justice Oppong abandoned the case noting that his name was not recorded in the police movement record book on the day they went on the trip.

Earlier on, the FTC registrar, Mr. Rexford Gyimah appeared before the court in respect of a subpoena issued for the Executive Secretary of the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) to appear in court to explain how earlier invitations to Ben Ndego, former operations director of NACOB was handled.

According to the registrar, who had a correspondence from the NACOB, indicated that Ndego was not seen in his house at Kasoa in the Central region to serve the subpoena on him and that it was pasted on the gate of the house.

The court therefore granted an application made by Mr. Mohammed Attah and ordered that a substituted service be made on Ndego, with copies of the subpoena published in the Daily Graphic, copies pasted at Ndego's residence, the FTC notice board as well as the offices of NACOB.

According to the court the substituted served would remain for seven days after which it would be said that Ndego has had enough notice and if he failed to appear in court, he would face the consequences.

Regarding the subpoena of the Tema Regional police, Chief Superintendent Joshua Tetteh Dogbeda of the CID office appeared in court indicating that his outfit had in custody one, Kingsley Manteaw alias Gornu who was arrested on July 22, 2007 in connection with the murder of Nii Kortey Quartey, whose death shocked the Tema Township recently.

Noting that Gornu was the same person in the custody of the Tema police for an alleged offence committed, the court held that the prospective witness of Abass was in lawful custody but would be made available if counsel wants to call him as witness.

Kwabena Amaning alias Tagor and Alhaji Issah Abass are facing four and three counts respectively of dealing in narcotic drugs, conspiracy to deal in prohibited business, namely narcotic drugs, supplying, buying, and crediting, contrary to the Narcotic Drugs law.

They have pleaded not guilty to all the charges leveled against them and they are held in custody.