The Western North Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the conspiracy and theft of food items meant for students of the Sefwi Bekwai STEM Senior High School at Awaso in the Western North Region.
The suspects, identified as Bennedicta Nyamadi, a matron, and Rahel Kyeremateng, a cook, were arrested on 23 December 2025 following intelligence received by the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive on the night of 22 December 2025.
Acting on the information, a joint team comprising Police officers, the Member of Parliament for the area, and the Municipal Chief Executive proceeded to the residence of suspect Rahel Kyeremateng at Sefwi Atronsu. A search conducted at the premises led to the retrieval of large quantities of food items suspected to have been stolen from the school.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects conspired to steal the food items from the school food store and kept them at the residence of suspect Rahel Kyeremateng with the intention of selling them at a later date.
Items retrieved included twenty-one 50 kg bags of rice, four sacks of gari, two sacks of maize, one and a half bags of millet, one bag of sugar, three bags of beans, forty large tins of tomato paste, four cartons of milk, six gallons of cooking oil, and fifty four tins of canned mackerel. The total value of the items is yet to be determined.
During interrogation, suspect Rahel Kyeremateng mentioned suspect Bennedicta Nyamadi as the source of the items. This led to the arrest of suspect Bennedicta Nyamadi at the school premises.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to locate and arrest an assistant matron, Hannah Dufie, who is reported to have taken part in the crime but is currently at large.
