A small-scale miner, Mohammed Razak, 18 years old, who stole mining equipment worth GH¢13,400, has been handed five years imprisonment with hard labor by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Razak pleaded guilty to the offense and prayed to the court for forgiveness. Prosecuting, Superintendent of Police Juliana Essel-Dadzie told the court, presided over by Mrs. Hathia Ama Manu, that the complainant is a small-scale miner and lived at Wassa Japa in the Wassa Amenfi East constituency with Razak. She said barely one month ago, the complainant, who had a small-scale mining site located within the Wassa Japa community, stopped work due to water shortage.