CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Police in Accra have not recorded any violent crimes during the Christmas festivities. Divisional Commanders of the Police Service, in an engagement with the Ghana News Agency, attributed the remarkable feat to proactive leadership, increased police visibility within crime hotspots and frequent targeted swoops, amongst others. Chief Superintendent Martin …

Police in the Western Region have arrested three people said to have launched a violent attack on a Bolt driver and setting him ablaze in the process. The three, who are Senior High School students are said to have confessed to committing the crime, it is reported. The suspects would …

One person has been reported dead and several others injured after hours of sporadic shooting in Bawku in the Upper East Region. This incident follows a similar one weeks ago which forced government to impose a curfew in the area. Reports say the shooting is due to demands from a …

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Enchi District Police Command through an intelligence-led operation on Thursday, December 23, 2021 arrested nine suspected armed robbers, following their attack on a mining firm at Enchi in the Western North Region. The nine suspects are Kweku Larry aged 48 years, Morro Gabri …

Two violent robbery suspects, Chisom Nsube and Ebuka Salvation all aged 28 years were arrested at Kaneshie through a Police-public partnership in the South Industrial area. They were arrested last night, Tuesday, December 21, 2021. The two suspects together with an accomplice only known as Award who is currently on …

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in collaboration with the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) task force has arrested 99 drivers for parking and loading at unauthorised locations within the metropolis. A spot fine between GHC100 and GHC300 was imposed on the drivers, and the STMA and GPRTU taskforce are …

  A 45-year-old chainsaw operator, Albert Quansah is reported to have defiled and impregnated his 15 years old daughter who is deaf and dumb at Twifu Nkohunuho in the Twifu Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region. The mother of the victim, Madam Norah Abagah popularly known as Fatima, explained to …

  Michael Kwei Nunoo, a Cleaner, who stole five Dell Optiplex (All-in-one) computer sets valued GHC70,000,00 belonging to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Nunoo, charged with stealing, pleaded guilty. The Court, presided over by Mr K.K.Obiri Yeboah convicted …

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 23-year-old mason to three years imprisonment for breaking into a Supermarket and stealing the safe containing GHS4,791 and provisions at Oyarifa, Accra. Michael Kofi aka Mystical, charged with unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and stealing, pleaded guilty. The Court presided over by Mrs …

The Special Anti-Robbery Unit of the Bono East Regional Police Command has shot and killed two robbery and kidnapping suspects in the region. The suspects identified as; Ali Ruga alias Ali Muguyaro and Issaka Abubakar alias Kuriidor were shot dead when the Police embarked on an intelligence-led operation on a …