The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Dr. Alex Doodo, has severely criticized the Police Service for the unethical conduct put up by some of its personnel who carried out a search at the Spintex Road warehouse of Kinapharma, a Pharmaceutical Company, and its subsequent ordering of a hunt and taking chemicals for further study, all in bid to hang a “cocaine-dealing” noose around the neck of three managers of the company.
He has also urged the media to use a bit of caution in their reportage and not be too hasty in taking out conclusions about cases under police investigations.
“The pharmacy society can be viewed as having an interest in the story, …In doing their routine job, they (police) must be seen to be fair, but most importantly, how stories get to the newspapers is indeed worrying,” he said.
The police has been getting a lot of criticism recently following specific acts of unprofessionalism exhibited by some of its personnel and this latest messed up hunt for narcotics at Kinapharma, based on a warning, seems to be high point of their amateurism, particular when Kinapharma is demanding an official apology from the Police with plans of even initiating a law suit against the Service.
In an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on PEACEFM’s “Kokrokoo”, Dr. Doodo articulated worry about the tainting of Kinapharma’s image with cocaine by the police officials, particularly when field tests had proved questionable.
“The story has really worried the pharmaceutical society and there is a need to guard the industry from any intruder…Kinapharma is a big localpharmaceutical industry…, and it is really vital that not just Kinapharma, but Ernest Chemists, Tobinco, Kama and all the local industry players are accorded the needed respect and decorum…,” he said.
According to him, “If you go to a Pharmaceutical Company, you will always find white powder, because most powders are white,” pointing out that that is not indicative of illicit drug trade.
