The Accra Circuit Court Eight has remanded four persons accused of engaging in illegal sand-winning activities at Teacher Mantey near Amasaman.
The report indicates that the Accra Circuit Court Eight has remanded four persons accused of engaging in illegal sand-winning activities at Teacher Mantey near Amasaman.
It further notes that they are Kofi Atiemo, 38; Ebenezer Tetteh Gyablatey, 32; John Hayford, 48; and Ebenezer Kwafo, 31.
Atiemo and Gyablatey were unemployed, while Hayford and Kwafo were drivers, all residing at Teacher Mantey.
They have been charged with conspiracy to engage in illegal sand winning and unlawful damage to crops. They denied the charges.
The court ordered the accused persons to reappear on September 24, 2026.
Defence lawyers applied for bail for the accused, but the prosecution opposed the applications, arguing that the offences were serious and carried severe punishment and that the accused persons were likely to abscond if granted bail.
The presiding judge, after hearing both sides, remanded the four accused persons, agreeing with the prosecution that they might not appear for trial if granted bail.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Issah Achiburi, presenting the facts, stated the complainants were Francis Okah and Prince Annor, both businessmen residing at Airport City and Teacher Mantey, respectively.
The prosecution stated that between 2024 and 2026, the complainants received reports from their land caretakers that the accused persons had unlawfully entered their properties at Teacher Mantey, near Amasaman, with a wheel loader and heavy-duty trucks to win sand.
Francis Okah owned 4.5 acres of land, while Prince Annor owned two plots.
ASP Achiburi stated the accused persons, in the course of the alleged illegal activities, damaged Okah’s fence wall and Annor’s vegetation crops.
He stated Atiemo was confronted by the complainants and asked to stop the activities, but he allegedly failed to comply.
The complainants subsequently reported the matter to the police, who mounted surveillance and arrested the accused persons at their hideout at Teacher Mantey.
ASP Achiburi stated the accused persons denied the offences in their investigation caution statements.
