Tarkwa: A 19-year-old illegal miner, who appeared before the Tarkwa District Court One for stealing items worth GHS802.00, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour. Enock Buamah, also known as Akwesi, faced charges of unlawful entry, causing damage, and stealing, to which he pleaded guilty.
According to Ghana News Agency, Inspector of Police Patrick Essien, the prosecutor, informed the court presided over by Mr. Charles Owusu Nsiah that the complainant, James Arthur, is a farmer residing in Kofi-Gyan, a community in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality. Arthur had previously left for his farm, and upon his return, discovered his door had been forced open and GHS4,500 had been stolen.
The prosecution detailed that on December 11, 2024, Arthur returned from his farm to find the wire mesh of his back window destroyed. He reported that two sets of MP3 players, a pen drive, a memory card, two pairs of sandals, and six cakes of soap, totaling GHS802, were stolen. Inspector Essien explained that Arthur later received information that Buamah had been apprehended by the Kofi-Gyan Unit Committee Taskforce for a similar offense. Arthur confronted Buamah, who confessed to the crime.
Buamah then led the task force and Arthur to his residence, where they retrieved some of the stolen items. Buamah was subsequently handed over to officers at the Aboso police post, where a formal complaint of stealing was lodged against him.
