4 Chinese Nationals Remanded Over Cable Theft
The suspected stolen items were offloaded at the forecourt of the Police Headquarters under the supervision of National Security and Police Thursday evening at about 7:30 pm.
Joana Somiah 
The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” presided by Her Honour, Mercy Addei Kotei, has remanded four (4) Chinese Nationals arrested in the Eastern Region by the National Security for allegedly stealing large quantities of electricity cables.
The accused persons; Liu Lianwei, 38, Su Meng, 55, Tuan Xiuwei, 41, and Zhang Chenming, 55 have been charged with stealing were remanded into police custody, to be reappeared on July 23, 2021.
National Security Operatives from the Eastern region on Thursday, July 8, 2021, arrested the accused persons at CK Aluminum Company Limited at Nsawam Adoagyiri upon intelligence that they were allegedly had stolen and about to smuggle the 30 bundles of electricity cables and some quantities of unbundled cables with the seal of Ministry of Energy to an unknown destination.
The truck was impounded and suspects were arrested and taken to the Eastern Regional Police Headquarters.
The suspected stolen items were offloaded at the forecourt of the Police Headquarters under the supervision of National Security and Police Thursday evening at about 7:30 pm.
The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said an investigation is ongoing and the media will be briefed after investigations are completed.
William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent
