63-Year-Old Man Jailed 5 Years for Stealing Tricycle With 114 Loaves of Bread in Kumasi
- A 63-year-old trader has been jailed for stealing a tricycle and several loaves of bread from a baker in Kumasi
- The suspect, Adamu Alhassan, was jailed by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality
- The 114 loaves of bread that were stolen were valued at GH¢1,680, while the tricycle was valued at GH¢35,000
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A 63-year-old trader, Adamu Alhassan, has been jailed for five years for stealing a tricycle and 114 loaves of bread in Kumasi
Alhassan was jailed by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality.
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GNA reported that the suspect pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing and was convicted on his own plea for the crime, which took place in February.
The complainant in the case, Oduro Zakaria, a baker at Kumasi Ashtown, had loaded 114 loaves of bread valued at GH¢1,680 on his tricycle, which was valued at GH¢35,000.
The tricycle developed a fault on the commute, and the convict introduced himself as a station master and offered to help push it to the Kejetia MTN roundabout.
Zakaria left the tricycle in the care of the convict while he went to look for a mechanic, but on his return an hour later, both the tricycle and the convict were gone.
How was Alhassan caught?
On August 28, a witness spotted the convict at the station and called Zakaria.
This led to Alhassan's arrest and handover to the Ashanti Regional Anti-Armed Robbery Unit (AARU) of the Ghana Police Service.
The prosecution said Alhassan, in his caution statement, admitted stealing the tricycle.
He said he sold the vehicle to a scrap dealer at Bremang for GH¢700 and shared the bread with passers-by.
After investigations, he was charged with stealing and brought before the court, where he was convicted and sentenced to serve five years in prison.
Nigerians jailed in Kumasi after car thefts
Earlier in Kumasi, three Nigerian nationals were jailed after being convicted for a string of vehicle thefts targeting parked cars across Kumasi.
The three convicts were Francis Friday, Linus Agwazie, and Russell Ekenze.
They were first arrested on June 20, 2025, after police linked them to multiple theft cases.
Legal proceedings commenced on July 22, 2025, at the Atasemanso Circuit Court, where Ekenze pleaded guilty to theft-related charges and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour.
Police in a statement said they will serve their sentence at the Kumasi Central Prisons.
Businessman in trouble over Bolivian visa scam
YEN.com.gh reported that a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a Ghanaian entrepreneur for missing his court appearance in a fraud trial.
The court in Accra ordered that 50-year-old Prince Nuhu Ahmed be brought before it.
Ahmed is facing two counts of defrauding by false pretence.
The case dates back to May 9, 2023, when he allegedly defrauded two businessmen, Alhaji Umar Farouk and Alhaji Yakubu, of $16,000 for the purported Bolivian visas for their children.
Source: YEN.com.gh
