- 63-year-old trader jailed for stealing a tricycle and bread in Kumasi.
- Convict posed as a station master and disappeared with the items.
- Tricycle valued at GH¢35,000; bread worth GH¢1,680.
- He sold the tricycle for GH¢700 and gave away the bread.
- Arrested in August and sentenced to five years imprisonment.
A 63-year-old trader has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Kwadaso Circuit Court for stealing a tricycle and 114 loaves of bread in Kumasi.
The convict, Adamu Alhassan, pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea. The incident occurred in February 2024 when a bread seller, Oduro Zakaria, loaded his unregistered tricycle with bread worth GH¢1,680 to deliver to customers at the Adehyeman lorry station.
After the tricycle developed a fault, Adamu allegedly posed as a station master and offered to help move it to a safer location. The two pushed the vehicle to the Kejetia MTN roundabout, where Zakaria left it in Adamu’s care while he searched for a mechanic.
When Zakaria returned, both the tricycle — valued at GH¢35,000 — and Adamu had vanished. It was later discovered that Adamu had no affiliation with the station.
On August 28, a witness spotted Adamu at the station and alerted Zakaria, leading to his arrest by the Ashanti Regional Anti-Armed Robbery Unit. During interrogation, Adamu admitted to selling the tricycle to a scrap dealer for GH¢700 and giving away the bread to passers-by.
He was charged and sentenced by the court presided over by Mr. Jephthah Appau.
