THE Tamale Circuit Court has convicted and subsequently fined two farmers for stealing underground telephone wires valued at GH¢2,500 along the Tamale-Savelugu road.
The convicts, Bashiru Adam and Issahaku Alhassan, were each fined GH¢1,200 or in default, four years’ imprisonment each with hard labour.
According to the Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Simon Sampana, the convicts both lived at Nyereshie, on the Tamale-Savelugu main road.
According to Chief Inspector Sampana, in the recent past the underground telephone wires between Nyereshie and Damankuyili being the property of Ghana Telecom in Tamale had persistently been stolen but nobody had been caught.
He further stated that the matter became a serious concern for the two communities.
Chief Inspector Sampana indicated that on the night of April 18, 2008 the two convicts and their accomplices who are now at large were heard by a resident of Damankuyili discussing how and when they should dig, cut and steal the underground telephone cables in the area.
The resident, according to the prosecution, informed his friend about the issue. They then decided to monitor the movements of the two up to Damankuyili, where the convicts and their accomplices started their operation and succeeded in digging and cutting some of the cables.
Chief Inspector Sampana explained that while the convicts and their accomplices continued cutting the cables, the two witnesses in the case moved in to arrest them but they took to their heels with the booty.
The witnesses chased them and succeeded in arresting them and sent them to the police station.
According to the prosecution, after police investigations the two culprits were charged with stealing and were accordingly arraigned.
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