From Della Russel Ocloo, Tema
THE Tema Police command has arrested two persons for allegedly stealing overhead telephone cables valued at GH¢1million belonging to Vodafone Ghana Limited.
Nsor Adukor, 36 and Daniel Martey, 24, were arrested at Ashaiman Lebanon Zone 3 at about 10 a.m. by residents when they attempted carting away their booty.
The Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Olivia Turkson, briefing The Mirror, said Adukor, an employee of Vodafone, gave out his uniform to the accomplice while he, armed with his identity card, often visited various communities and managed to cart away huge quantities of the cables.
She said residents who have been suspicious of their activities mounted surveillance in their operational area on November 10, this year and spotted the two removing the cables after cutting them with sharp objects.
They were arrested and handed over to the police who charged them with conspiracy to steal and stealing after they appeared before the Ashaiman Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Seyram Yao Azumah.
They were remanded to appear at a later date to answer the substantive case of stealing brought against them..
Inspector Turkson commended residents of the community for their alertness leading to the arrest of the two and assured the general public of the command’s readiness to respond to crime control in the region.
She charged the general public to volunteer vital information on criminals and suspicious activities on MTN short code 18555 and 0303 202936/7 to enable the police weed out such miscreants in the society.
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