Warehouse keeper granted GH¢100,000 bail for alleged theft of 66 Turkish doors

A warehouse keeper, Emmanuel Asamoah, has been granted bail of GH¢100,000 with two sureties by the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing 66 assorted Turkish doors valued at GH¢398,700, the property of his employer, SMS Properties Ghana.

Asamoah, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing, appeared before Her Honour Susana Eduful. The court directed that the sureties must be public servants earning not less than GH¢3,000 each.

The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Ebenezer Teye-Okuffo, was ordered to file disclosures in accordance with court practice directions by December 1, 2025.

According to the prosecution, the complainant — Director of SMS Properties Ghana, resident at Spintex, Accra — had entrusted Asamoah, the warehouse keeper at the company’s Cambodia, Baatsona branch, with the storage and release of Turkish doors for showroom sales.

On August 26, 2025, during a routine inventory, the complainant and a witness, Dennis Dagadu, discovered that 66 doors were missing, including 24 one-and-a-half doors, 39 internal doors, and three double external doors — all valued at GH¢398,700.

When confronted, Asamoah failed to give a satisfactory explanation, prompting the complainant to report the matter to the Baatsona Police, leading to his arrest.

Investigations revealed that Asamoah’s apprentice, Prince Dadzie, alleged that his boss had sold some of the doors to individuals, claiming it was under the complainant’s instruction. However, police established that Dadzie was not in charge of the warehouse and acted under Asamoah’s supervision.

Further inquiries showed that Asamoah misrepresented himself as a salesperson of the company, convincing a witness, Isaac Osei Darko, that he was authorised to sell doors on credit and collect payments.

Based on that misrepresentation, Asamoah allegedly sold 25 doors to Darko and received payments directly into his personal bank and mobile money accounts — proceeds he failed to remit to his employer.

Investigators determined that the remaining 42 doors were sold to other unidentified buyers, with Asamoah pocketing the proceeds.

The accused has since refunded GH¢20,000 out of the total value while investigations continue.

The case has been adjourned, with the court set to continue proceedings after the prosecution’s disclosures are filed.