A Circuit Court at Fiapre, near Sunyani, has sentenced a 19-year-old unemployed, Kweku Martin to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour, for stealing AK47 rifle from the room of a policeman at Nsawkaw in the Brong Ahafo Region. Martin pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful entry and stealing and was sentenced accordingly. Prosecuting Police Superintendent Fredrick Adjei told the court, over by Mr. Benjamine Osei, that the complainant involved the case was a police sergeant stationed at Nsawkaw, while Martin and his accomplice Bright Kwame Nkramo, now at large are indigenes of Nsawkaw. At about 6:00p.m on December, 10 this year, Sergeant Phillip Kwasi Aggrey, closed from duty and because there was no police amoury in which to keep his rifle, he took it with 10 rounds of ammunition to his house and kept it under his bed. Sergeant Aggrey locked his door and went out to buy food to eat and while out, Martin and his accomplice broke into his room and made away with a Sony DVD deck, the rifle and the ammunition. The two went to a yam farm at Nsawkaw and concealed the rifle under a tree, while Martin wrapped six of the ammunitions and hid them in the ceiling of his kitchen and took four to Kui in the Northern Region for sale. The prosecutor said police had information that somebody was selling ammunition in Kui and proceeded there and expressed interest in buying them. Martin, unaware that they were policemen, disclosed that he also had a rifle at Nsawkaw which he wanted to sell. The police officer went with him to Nsawkaw and when the rifle was brought out the police realized it was the AK 47 which has been stolen from Sergeant Aggrey’s room. Superintendent Adjei said upon interrogation, Martin mentioned Bright as his accomplice and the police mounted a search for him. The police was able to retrieve two rounds of the ammunition, but the rest as well as the DVD could not be traced as Martin refused to disclose where he has hidden them.