Doris Frimpong was arrested with cocaine in her apartment
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An elderly Ghanaian woman, Doris Frimpong, is facing 25 year in jail in New York after being arrested with 63 grams of cocaine in her apartment, Ghanaguardian.com can reveal.
The 56-year-old was arrested by the city police together with an accomplice on Tuesday on felony charges after an investigation into illegal drug trafficking and placed in police custody.
At about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, police served a search warrant at 9 Lewis Ave., the Mayrose Apartments, and arrested Madam Frimpong and Dashawn Braxton, 31, after a tip off.
They charged each with four counts of the class B felony of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, cocaine, OPD Chief Douglas Brenner said.