A Twenty-two-year-old man, Sulley Bashiru, has been arrested by the police at Awaso, in the Sefwi Wiawso District of the Western Region for stealing meters belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

According to some residents of Awaso, the suspect is a scrap dealer from Niger who is sometimes seen collecting pieces of metals as scrap.

DAILY GUIDE gathered that on Sunday, July 28, 2024, the suspect was seen removing electrical meters of some residents in the community.

Further investigation revealed that the suspect, after removing the meters, vandalises them and takes out the copper components in them.

The suspect had stolen and vandalised two ‘Single Phase’ meters from some houses and had targeted other ones, when he was arrested.