Two remanded over alleged theft of GH¢932,000 fuel and tanker fire 

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two persons accused of stealing 54,000 litres of petrol valued at GH¢932,040 and subsequently setting fire to the tanker transporting the fuel.

The prosecution alleged that the two conspired to sell the fuel before setting fire to the tanker on a stretch of road between Kawakpe and Gurupe while travelling towards Buipe.

The accused persons subsequently informed the complainant that the tanker and its contents had been destroyed by fire in an accident, the prosecution said.