Miner jailed 24 months for stealing GH¢4,300
A 20-year-old small-scale miner has been sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing GH¢4,300 from a drinking bar at the Tarkwa Railway Station.
A 20-year-old small-scale miner named Issah Rahman has been sentenced to 24 months of hard labor imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing GH¢4,300 from a drinking bar located at Tarkwa Railway Station. The court ruled in favor of the prosecution, which alleged that Rahman, who pleaded guilty to the offense, had taken the money from the bar after realizing the owner and his salesgirl were asleep.
The court also took into account Rahman's previous conviction for causing harm and the prevalence of theft in the Tarkwa Railway community. Prosecutors stated that the complainant, Augustus Handson Nuertey, a businessman who lived in Akyempim, operated the drinking bar and discovered the theft on February 24, 2026, around 4:00 am.
Surveillance footage captured Rahman stealing the money and the complainant subsequently identified him in the CCTV footage. The complainant arrested Rahman around 10:30 am on the same day and handed him over to the police for further investigations.
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