A 26-year-old farmer has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region for stealing ginger at Gyankobaa near Nkawie.

Kwame Alugu, alias Jansarah, pleaded not guilty and will reappear before the court preside by Robert Addod, on August 22, this year.

Police Detective Chief Inspector Ntim Boadu prosecuting told the court that, the complainant, Regina Agyei had a ginger farm at Gyankobaa, where Alugu resided.

On May 26, this year, at about 1500 hours, the complainant went to the farm and met Alugu having harvested half bag of the ginger valued at GHC 2,000.00 Prosecution explained that the complainant managed to convince Alugu to carry the ginger home for both of them to sell and share the money and he agreed.