{"id":260014,"date":"2024-12-04T06:22:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/04\/2-drivers-remanded-for-allegedly-stealing-excavator\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T06:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:22:23","slug":"2-drivers-remanded-for-allegedly-stealing-excavator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/04\/2-drivers-remanded-for-allegedly-stealing-excavator\/","title":{"rendered":"2 drivers remanded for allegedly stealing excavator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded two drivers, Ali Zakary and Dabare Toffic, for allegedly steal\u00ading an excavator valued at USD 108,000 from a businessman.<\/p>\n<p>Zakary and Toffic face charges of conspiring to steal the excavator, with Zakary addition\u00adally charged with theft and Toffic charged with abetment of crime.<\/p>\n<p>Both men have denied the charges in court. They are scheduled to return to court on December 16, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Their alleged accomplices \u2013 Desmond Appiah, Ernest Addo,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Hamidu Nashiru Yabre, and two others identified only as Emma and Bash \u2013 are currently at large.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Inspector Nashi\u00adru Salifu informed the court, presided over by Madam Enid Marful-Sau, that the complainant in the case is Alhaji Ali Seidu.<\/p>\n<p>Zakary lives in Ashaiman and Toffic resides in Afrancho, a sub\u00adurb of Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Salifu said Al\u00adhaji Seidu imported eight brand-new long King excavators and contracted Naskorsi Limited to handle the freight and transport the equipment to a warehouse at Dobro.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the freight forwarder cleared some of the shipping containers containing disassembled excavators at the Tema Harbour, but when the time came to transport them to the warehouse, they sought a long trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Salifu told the court that Zakary informed a Naskorsi staff member, who is also a witness in the case, that he knew a trailer driver, Desmond Appiah, who could transport one of the containers.<\/p>\n<p>Zakary provided Appiah\u2019s contact details, and on October 19, 2023, one of the containers, containing the USD 108,000 exca\u00advator, was loaded onto a DAF 95 trailer with a forged registration number (GN 7252-11) and driven by Zakary.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zakary failed to deliver the excavator to the warehouse that evening, unlike the other seven containers that were successfully delivered.<\/p>\n<p>A formal complaint was filed with the police when Zakary\u2019s phone was turned off.<\/p>\n<p>On October 26, 2023, the po\u00adlice received information that the container had been transported to Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations revealed that Zakary, Toffic, Appiah, and Addo had planned to sell the excavator, but the plot was foiled when Zakary and Toffic were ar\u00adrested, while the others managed to escape.<\/p>\n<p>DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contri\u00adbutions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded two drivers, Ali Zakary and Dabare Toffic, for allegedly steal\u00ading an excavator valued at USD 108,000 from a businessman. Zakary and Toffic face charges of conspiring to steal the excavator, with Zakary addition\u00adally charged with theft and Toffic charged with abetment of crime. 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