A 25-year-old taxi driver has been remanded into prison custody for various charges, including stealing, by an Accra Circuit Court.
Razak Farouk is to answer to charges of conspiracy to steal, stealing, unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and possession of instruments intended for unlawful entry.
He has pleaded not guilty to the said charges and is to reappear on March 9, 2022.
Per the facts, the accused person is a driver who resides at Agbogbloshie in the Greater Accra Region.
The prosecution said at midnight on January 12, 2022, the Counter 3 Patrol Team received a distress call to the effect that an occupant of a taxi with its occupants suspected of being thieves had parked by a house and scaled over a wall into the house.
The team proceeded to the scene and saw an Opel Astra with registration number GW 7509-13 parked at the location and reported it to the police.
The team then searched the area and arrested the accused person, who had a screwdriver in his possession.
The accused claimed ownership of the taxi, which had two television sets and an industrial cutter.
Further investigations revealed that the accused person was in the company of one Salam, who is currently on the run.
The two scaled over the wall of Mr George Mari Osei, an 81-year-old man.
The prosecution said the accused persons allegedly used the industrial cutter to cause damage to the old man’s burglar-proof window and stole his two television sets.
In his caution statement, the accused admitted the crime and was arraigned before the court.