Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing high-tension and underground cables belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Sumana Gariba, 25, a Nigerian and Alhassan Mukaila, 22, a Malian were arrested seperately on Friday by the Afienya District Police Command.
[contextly_sidebar id=”kl2datLX2CmrmReGte0hDj8adTxKrCDa”] The Dodowa District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Kwesi Ofori, told the Daily Graphic that the suspects were arrested through the collaboration of the public.
He said Gariba was arrested at Afienya with ECG underground cables, known as armoured cables, worth millions of Ghana cedis.
He said residents saw the suspect cutting the long armoured cables which had been laid by some ECG workers, into smaller pieces and putting them on a motorbike.
They immediately alerted the police patrol team, resulting in the arrest of Gariba.
The second suspect, Mr Ofori said, was found at Mobole, near Afienya, loading high-tension cables into a tricycle.
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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana