A 19-year-old illegal miner, Enoch Buamah, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa District Court One for stealing a bag of alligator pepper.
He pleaded guilty and begged the court presided over by Charles Owusu Nsiah for mercy.
Inspector of Police Patrick Essien, who led the prosecution told the court that Fuseini Amadu, the complainant was a farmer and lived at Kofi Gyan in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.
He said in December 2024; the complainant harvested his alligator pepper and dried same on a drying mat in his farm cottage at Kofi Gyan.
