<a href="findrulings.php?searchval=AFREH, J.A.&judgementtype=Presiding Judge"  class=judge>AFREH, J.A.</a>:	The appellants herein were on 29th June, 1993 convicted by the National Public Tribunal, sitting aT Accra, of possessing narcotic drugs contrary to section 2(1) and (2) of the Narcotic Drugs (Control, Enforcement and Sanctions Law, 1990 (PNDC 236) and were each sentenced to 10 years I.H.L.