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5 arrested for stealing railway tracks

Five persons have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing railway tracks running into millions of Ghana Cedis, at Daanyansah and Kwesiho in the Eastern region. The suspects aged between 25 and 30, are Kwame Sammy, Akwasi Ofori, Abduali Issaka, Kwabena Tawiah, and David Kofi Adofo. The Ghanaian Times …

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UK-based Ghanaian woman jailed 14yrs after scarring boyfriend for life in acid attack

A jealous woman doused her sleeping boyfriend with acid and then attacked him a second time while he was lying wounded after mistakenly believing he was having an affair. Esther Afrifa, 28, who has been jailed for 14 years, bought a litre of sulphuric acid from the Internet and left …

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Gun-wielding robbers attack BECE candidates, make away with GH¢3,758

Robbery was staged around 2:00 am on Tuesday Teacher and student sustained injuries Robbers bolted with GH¢3,758 and six mobile phones Two gun-wielding men are reported to have attacked some students sitting for the ongoing Basic Certificate Examination at Sefwi Nsawura in the Akontombra District of the Western North Region. …

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Four suspected kidnappers arrested at Mion

Police in the Northern Region have arrested four suspected kidnappers at Kpilijini, a village in the Mion District after a team laid ambush on Wednesday to effect the arrest. The police have described the arrest as a big break considering the number of kidnap cases that have occurred in the …

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Weija land guard butchers wheelchair man

A land guard identified only as T.T at Weija Old Town in the Greater Accra Region on Monday, 15 November 2021, threw caution to the wind and butchered a disabled man in a wheelchair with a machete over some disagreements.   Narrating his ordeal to the media after being treated …

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A/R: Police guns down 2 robbers, arrests one

The Ashanti regional police patrol team on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, killed two suspected armed robbers on the Manso-Nkwanta road in the Amansie West District.   The police also arrested one of the armed robbers. The incident occurred when the gang of armed robbers was robbing some traders on the …

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Court issues bench warrant for the arrest of former MASLOC CEO

Sedinam Christine Tamakloe Attienu and Daniel Axim are facing 78 counts of charges Accused persons are former CEO of MASLOC and former MASLOC Operations Manager respectively Charges against the two include conspiracy to steal, stealing, unauthorised commitment among others An Accra High Court presided by Justice Afia Asare-Botwe has issued …

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Man busted for stealing GHS18k worth of water from GWCL

A resident of Agormanya, a suburb of Odumase-Krobo in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region is in court for stealing GHS18,000 worth of water from the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). Mr Emmanuel Kumasa was arrested by the GWCL during a revenue mobilisation drive. Officers from the GWCL …

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Three killed as armed robbers engage miners in gun battle at Adaboi

Three persons have been shot dead after suspected armed robbers attacked and exchanged fire with a group of Small Scale miners at Adaboi in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. The incident reportedly occurred while the miners were returning from site at about 8:00 pm on Friday. …

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