Court jails scrap dealer for stealing

The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Eastern Region, on Monday imposed a two-year-jail term in hard labour, on Akim Oda based scrap dealer who stole a car radiator.

Mustapha Abubakari, 25, pleaded guilty to having in his possession a stolen property.

Police Inspector Richard Sabbah told the court that on April 1, at about 2014 hours the Akim Swedru Police Patrol Team intercepted a Hyundai Grace bus with Abubakari on board and a search on the bus revealed the car radiator and some cables concealed in a fertilizer sack.

According to Inspector Sabbah, Abubakari was confronted and admitted ownership of the items, but told the police that he picked them from an abandoned sawmill at Akim Achiase.

Inspector Sabbah said the police escorted Abubakari to the sawmill where it was detected that he stole the cables from a plant at Jowak Sawmill, but he could not tell where he stole the car radiator.