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March 11, 2016
Kumasi, Nov. 18, GNA – The
Ashanti Regional Police has arrested four persons suspected
to be among a cable stealing syndicate operating recently in
the Kumasi metropolis and believed to have made away with
large quantities of copper cables belonging to the
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
The suspects, who were arrested at various locations in the
metropolis are; Awudu Mohammed, 25, John Kundamdam, 23,
Osumanu Haruna, 22 and Peter Baba, 20.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi on Friday, Police
Inspector Yussif Tanko of the Regional Police Public
Relations Unit said, the culprits were arrested following a
surveillance mounted on them by officials of the ECG and the
police.
He said Mohammed and Kudamdam were arrested at Ayigya,
whiles the other two were also apprehended at Kwadaso and
Nhyiaeso, all suburbs in Kumasi.
Inspector Tanko further revealed that Haruna, who lives at
Kwadaso was arrested over the previous week-end and was
sentenced to three months imprisonment in hard labour by a
Kumasi circuit court on Friday for stealing.
Haruna, who pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea
was said to have been arrested at the ECG yard at Kwadaso
with a quantity of copper cables and implements for cutting
them, found on him.
In the case of Kundamdam and Mohammed they were caught in
the act, when they had climbed some electricity poles and
had succeeded in cutting some distribution cables with which
they were trying to bolt away.
The two culprits together with Baba who was also arrested
with a sack full of copper cables would soon be put to
before court.
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