CRIME & PUNISHMENT

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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Headmaster of St. Charles Liwanga arrested over drowning of students

The Headmaster of the St. Charles Liwanga R/C Junior High School has been arrested after he turned himself to the police Saturday morning. He’s presently being detained to assist with investigations into the drowning of eight(8) students. The students of the St. Charles Liwanga Junior High School in the Saboba …

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Two ambulances escape armed robbery attack amidst gunshots

• Robbers stage attack at Dawn on Saturday along Parambo and Kobre road • Gunshots were fired at both ambulances • Some areas within the Bono East Region are known to be robbery prone Two ambulances reportedly escaped a robbery attack on the Parambo-Kobre stretch of road in the Pru …

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Police break into gun manufacturing ‘factory’, five persons arrested

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested five persons in connection to the manufacturing of guns in Kintampo. According to the Police, the arrest was successful following an intelligence they gathered. A Police statement issued about the arrest said some materials used for manufacturing weapons have been retrieved from …

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77-year-old fake doctor arrested at Peki

• Suspect is the Medical Director of Jehovah Rapha Medical Center at Peki • Suspect claims he holds a license from the Ghana National Association of Traditional Healers • Amoator Harrison claims he lost his license in a robbery incident The Food and Drugs Authority in a joint operation with …

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A/R: Man, 48, Arrested for defiling his 15-year-old daughter at  Ankaase

A 48 year old palm wine tapper at Ankaase-Nantan in the Afigya Kwabre South  District of the Ashanti Region  has been arrested by police  for allegedly sleeping with  his 15 year old daughter   The suspect, Kofi Agyeman, was first arrested by chiefs in the community on Wednesday November 10,  2021, and was later handed …

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Owusu Bempah, six others slapped with 11 new charges

The General Overseer of the Glorious Word Power Ministry Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah and six others have been slapped with 11 new charges after they were earlier discharged and rearrested. The other six are Mensah Ofori, Bright Berchie, Kwabena Nyarko aka Matata, Nana Acheampong, Nana Brown and Kwame Amoh. They …

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