Three children aged 4, 10, and 16 have been grabbed after CCTV footage captured them stealing GH₵35,000 from a popular supermarket in Takoradi.
Footages from a CCTV installed in the supermarket reveal chilling events of how the three kids made away with the money.
They entered the supermarket under the pretense of buying ice cream.
The 10-year-old, realizing one of the cashiers had taken a break, started stealing from the drawer in which the day’s sales had been kept.
After filling his pocket, he went out with his siblings to get a rubber bag. They filled the rubber bag with money and later bolted from the shop.
“I supply goods regularly to the supermarket and I realized one of the cashiers looked worried, so I decided to find out what was wrong. She then informed me that about GHC 35,000 was missing from her sales. I looked at the CCTV footage and saw three children in school uniforms entering the shop.
“The ten-year-old went straight to where the sales were kept and started looting whilst his other siblings pretended to be buying ice cream. He filled his pocket and went out to get a rubber bag, he looted everything and bolted with his siblings”, Mr. Kwaku Tando, a supplier who witnessed the incident indicated during an interview in the presence of the Manager of the supermarket.
Although the Manager confirmed the incident to Connect FM, he declined to speak on record.
Mr Tando added that after capturing the school crest of the pupils, he headed to one of the Senior High Schools in the metropolis and identified the teenager among them.
After interrogations, she led him to the school her siblings attend, where they all confessed the stealing money from the supermarket.
“After they were grabbed, they confessed to handing over the money to their mother. She was also picked up and GHC31,000 has been retrieved. We are still waiting for the rest of the money, but the police are currently handling t he case”, he added.
A visit to the supermarket indicates extra security measures have been adopted to avoid future recurrences.