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Court fines miner for breaking into gold buying shop

Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Joseph Lartey told the court presided over by Her Honour Bernice Mensima Ackon that Mathias Dagwine, the complainant, is a small-scale miner and gold buyer who resides in Wassa- Nkran with Bangter.
He said on July 17, 2026, at about 10:00 pm, the complainant, after closing work, locked his gold buying shop located along the Wassa -Nkran main street and retired to bed.
According to ASP Lartey, around 1:00 am on July 18, 2026, a witness in the case went to the complainant’s house and informed him that thieves had broken into his shop.
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