Police are on the lookout for two young girls, reported to be between the ages of 10 and 16, who are suspected of stealing GHS 40,000 and gold from a business gold-buying agent at Twifo Praso in the Twifo Atti Morkwa District of the Central Region.
Reports and CCTV footage indicates the two girls visited the shop around 11 a.m. yesterday to purchase mercury for gold extraction.
Upon arriving and realizing that the shop attendant was away, the older girl quickly searched a drawer and stole GHS 40,000 and gold.
The girls, just at the entrance of the shop, encountered the attendant, after which they returned to make the mercury purchase.
It wasn’t until two hours later, when another customer came in to sell gold, that the shop attendant discovered the money and gold has been stolen.
The Twifo-Attimokwa police together with the owner of the shop has urged residents of the area to help locate the girls for investigation and retrieval of the stolen items.
