The Accra Regional police have apprehended a 28-year-old trench digger who is alleged to have stolen about 20 electricity cables on the Tema Motorway.
Osmanu Razak was apprehended while in the process of removing the cables buried underground.
This has reportedly plunged the Motorway into total darkness as street lights are no more functioning.
The miscreant is now in police custody assisting in investigations.
Briefing the media at the scene of the purported crime, ACP Timothy Yoosa Bonga, Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, said the police for some time now, had realized the rampant stealing and destruction of electricity and telephone cables in the Accra metropolis by unidentified persons.
He said on October 21, 2015 around 4am, police received information that someone was busily digging under one of the electricity poles on the Tema Motorway.
The command acted swiftly and dispatched a team of police personnel to the area.
On arrival, ACP Yoosa Bonga said, the team met Razak busily digging out the underground cables connecting the electricity poles, and was immediately arrested.
Police also retrieved a shovel, mattock and pick axe used by him for the illegal operation.
The police later discovered that the miscreant had stolen cables connecting about 20 electricity poles in the area.
According to ACP Timothy Yoosa Bonga, upon interrogation, Razak admitted digging out the electricity cables and added that he normally sold them to scrap dealers.
The deputy regional commander said however, that the Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) was yet to be informed for the estimation of the damage caused.
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By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey