A man has landed in trouble for selling a cream believed to be a mixture of shea butter – nkuto – and other ingredients he manufactured which he claimed cures coronavirus.
The man, King David, was busted by the Awutu Breku Police for misleading the public.
The Awutu Breku District Police Commander, Superintendent Joshua Semanyo confirmed the arrest to Daily Graphic and added the suspects were currently under investigations.
“So I sent my district patrol team to look for him in town and eventually they had him and brought him. We are yet to find out whether his claim is true or not and that is where we are now,” he said.
Superintendent Semanyo said the case had been referred to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to be investigated, adding that the police found out that he dealt in some herbal products and provided some certificates that licensed him to deal in herbal medicines.
“But to have medicine for coronavirus prevention, that is where our doubts are,” he said.
There are speculations that the cream he claims to have manufactured contains shea butter and
