The Western Regional Office of the National Security has uncovered a stockpile of electrical materials in an operation carried out at Kansawurodo, a suburb of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
The items were found in a hideout and an uncompleted building suspected to be linked to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
The discovery was made following a tip-off and led to the seizure of several valuable electrical components.
Among the items recovered were 46 cable drums, electrical switches, meters, meter cases, numerous iron angle bars, and other essential materials believed to be the property of the ECG.
A National Security operative, Hashim Torkonu, who led the operation while speaking to Channel One News on Monday, April 7, after picking up two suspects for questioning, revealed that the state and the locations where the items were found raise suspicion that the items may be part of the missing ECG materials.
“The stocks here are different from the ones that we uncovered in that private residence. That one has been owned by a contractor. The only problem we have with him is how those items got into his private residence. And secondly, what he told us was not the actual list he told us, so we are in the formative period of the investigation.
“The regional security coordinator is going to call Accra immediately and take instructions from them on what they need to do. As of now, nobody has owned up to this. We have spoken to the residents as well; they seem not to know the owner of the goods,” he said
Evans Lartey, who is one of the two suspects picked up in connection with the items, said he is a certified ECG contractor.
“I am a meter supplier, so if the ECG needs meters, they contact the meter suppliers for the suppliers to produce the cable for them. I have a contract with the ECG.” He revealed.
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