CRIME & PUNISHMENT

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 …

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 …

The Anti-Robbery Task Force of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, in an intelligence-led operation, has shot two suspected armed robbers who attempted a gold heist.   They later died of their gunshot wounds at the hospital. Another suspect, linked to the same crime, Abraham Kwasi Tetteh, has been arrested while …

A man has been charged with murder after the bodies of a woman and her two-year-old daughter were allegedly found under a kitchen floor. Andrew Innes has been charged with the murders of Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her daughter Jellica Burke. The two were allegedly killed at a house in …

An Alabama man was caught breaking bad, with BBQ sauce. Matthew Williamson, 37, was found sleeping in the press box of a sports complex surrounded by piles of stolen chicken fingers, chips, candy – and meth, cops said. The outlaw snoozefest took place last week at Pleasant Grove’s Athletic Complex …

Men of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have rescued seven kidnap victims during an exchange of gunfire with suspected kidnappers at the Pegi ares of the FCT. The operatives from the Pegi Division also gunned down a notorious kidnapper, Umar Bappa, aka  Maishede Blakie, during the operation, while his …

Member of Parliament for Tema Central on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP), Yves Hanson-Nortey, is alleged to be involved in a scandal that is said to have cost insurance giant, Star Assurance Company Limited, some GH¢22.5 million. According to a writ sighted by Angelonline.com.gh at the Commercial …

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of one Bukari Salifu, who is said to provide weapons to armed robbers for their expeditions. Bukari Salifu, 65, was arrested over the weekend following police intelligence. Prior to his arrest, two suspected robbers who had been arrested when they attempted to …

A policeman stationed at the Nkanfoa Police Station in the Central Region allegedly released a female suspect on Saturday (25 September) after having sex with her in the female cells. A police report on the incident said Lance Corporal Isaac Apomah freed Theresa Forson, who is awaiting sentencing for undisclosed offense, …

A Police night patrol team has arrested two suspects, Joseph Dagodzo and Bujahid Abukari at Dawa near Sege in the Greater Accra Region for illegally possessing a firearm and assault. According to Police report, on Saturday 25th September 2021 about 2:50am, the Sege police patrol team reported that whilst they …