The Adabraka District Court has sentenced a 26-year-old driver’s mate, Isaac Peprah, also known as Happiness, to six months in prison for stealing laptops, a Bluetooth speaker, and a table-top fridge from the Ministry of Finance.

Peprah pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing and was convicted on his own plea by the presiding judge, Mrs. Abena Owusu Omenyo.

Two other charges — unlawful entry to commit a crime and causing unlawful damage — were struck out after the accused denied them, with the prosecution subsequently withdrawing the counts.

According to the prosecution, the incident occurred on August 17, 2025, at about 5:00 a.m. Peprah scaled the fence wall of the Ministry’s Annex “E” Treasury Block, broke five louvre blades to gain access to a first-floor office, and stole two Dell laptops.

He later used office keys to enter another room, where he took a Dell and Lenovo laptop with their chargers, a West Pool table-top fridge, and a Bluetooth speaker.

The fridge was hidden at a corner of the Ministry’s car park.

A witness returning from jogging spotted Peprah with a bag and confronted him.

Peprah attempted to escape toward the Ghana Revenue Authority, Customs Division Head Office, abandoning the bag containing the laptops on the road.

With the help of Customs officer Emmanuel Teye, he was arrested in front of the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment.

Peprah later led police to the hidden fridge, which was retrieved and tendered as evidence.

In his caution statement, given in the presence of an independent witness, he admitted to the theft.

The recovered laptops were returned to the Ministry in court.

The prosecution was conducted by Chief Inspector Apeweh Achana, while the complainant, Mahmud Ahmed, serves as Acting Head of Security at the Ministry of Finance.

Peprah resides at Kokomba, Agbogbloshie.