A Ho District Magistrate Court has remanded into Police custody a 21-year-old footballer, Fenuku Frank Junior, the prime suspect in the Police recruitment fraud case. His plea was not taken. Police Inspector, Oscar Ayayi, prosecuting, narrated to the court presided over by Mr Akosa Amoanpong Yaw Agyare that the suspect …
Read More »6 arrested for illegal mining at Birim North and Asante Akyem districts
Six individuals have been arrested for illegally mining at Birim North and Asante Akyem districts of the Eastern and Ashanti regions respectively during a special operation. The six suspects include a female Ghanaian, other West African nationals, and a financier who was at one of the sites. The joint military …
Read More »2 nabbed for robbery
Two young men are in the grips of the police for robbing a commercial motorbike rider in Kudzeagbakorpe, a community near Dzodze in the Ketu North Municipality. According to the Police, the suspects hired the services of the victim, Awudi Kwame, to transport them from Tadzewu to Ave-Dakpa on September …
Read More »Nine Arrested For Selling Wee At Asuom
Nine suspected persons including a female are currently cooling off in the custody of the Asuom Police in the Kwaebibirim Municipality of the Eastern Region for selling hard drugs. The suspects namely; Kate Otiwaa, Asimah Emmanuel, Marfo Peprah, Paul Ankomah, Asiedu Daniel, Kofi Nyarko, Kwarteng Michael, Kwadwo Kyei, and Samuel …
Read More »7 illegal miners caged as Deputy Minister, taskforce storm galamsey site
The government’s onslaught on illegal mining continues with the Deputy Minister in charge of mines, George Mireku Duker, leading a security taskforce to shut down an illegal mining site in the Birem North District of the Eastern Region on Thursday, September 30, 2021. George Mireku Duker, who is on a …
Read More »Biological brothers arrested for robbery in Bolgatanga
The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested two brothers suspected to be robbers in the Bolgatanga Municipality. The suspects, Ayine Awunnore, also known as Agu King, aged 27 and Daniel Awunnore, 20 years were alleged to be involved in a robbery incident on December 28, 2020, at Bukere, a …
Read More »Teacher admitted sodomising school boys in Salaga – Police
A teacher at Kulpi M/A Junior High School in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region who is in the grips of police in Salaga for allegedly sodomizing nine pupils of the school has confessed engaging in the act, the Police have said. The teacher, Natomah, was arrested in …
Read More »Police retrieve weapon from Rev Owusu Bempah’s aide
•The Police has arrested an aide of Rev Owusu Bempah • A weapon has been retrieved from the suspect • Police say investigations are underway The Ghana Police Service has retrieved a weapon from Bright Berchie, a suspected aide to Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, who is in police custody. The police revealed that …
Read More »IGP calls Bridget Otoo over robbery attack
The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has called to sympathize with Metro TV journalist, Bridget Otoo, after armed robbers attacked her cement business on Wednesday, GhanaWeb has learnt. According to the broadcast journalist, the IGP asked to speak to her shop attendant who was traumatized …
Read More »Two suspected robbers shot dead; manhunt launched for accomplices
Two suspected armed robbers who attacked a gold dealer at Manso Dawusaso in the Ashanti Region have been killed, an official statement said. The suspects were part of an armed gang who engaged the police in a shootout in the Amansie South District town. Police however managed to arrest one …
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