How I spent one year in American jail for drug trafficking – Actress Kumiwaa tells her story [video]

Kumiwaa arrested

Ghanaian actress, Kumiwaa, Real name Naomi Afua Kumiwaa Banafo, has opened up about her sudden absence in Ghanaian movies.

The Veteran actress revealed she was detained for a year in prison in the United States for possessing drugs.

According to Kumiwaa, she was nabbed by airport security after some men she was travelling with had put cocaine in her luggage without her knowledge.

SEE ALSO :‘We love together we die together’ – Note left by alleged killer of Damongo Police woman pops up

Kumiwaa arrested

She further revealed that the two men who were travelling with her checked out ahead of her and bolted as soon as they realized that she had been arrested.

“They had checked out and were waiting on me from a distance. I was totally ignorant of what was going on and so I was taken to another room where my bag was searched. My bag was ripped apart and a brown parcel was discovered. They ripped the parcel and discovered the content was drugs. I even questioned if that was truly my luggage because I was shocked,” she said.

Adding that “The bag was truly mine. I was asked if I was travelling alone and said I was with some gentlemen. I gave out their description but they had bolted already.”

SEE ALSO :Man marries four women at the same time in a grand wedding ceremony

The veteran actress told Oman Channel in an interview that she was finally found innocent after spending a year and two months in jail and was set free even though the prosecutor was pushing for a minimum jail term of five months for her.

Kumiwaa further revealed that, although some people accused Dr Osei Kwame Despite of sending her with the hard substance, there is no iota of truth in it.

Watch the interview below for more :

SEE ALSO :Empress Gifty finally reacts to cheating allegations against her husband