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Police arrest taxi driver linked to several murders

• A 35-year-old taxi driver has claimed to have killed several people for ritual purposes • The police have since picked him up to assist in investigations • He will be placed before court on Monday The Ghana Police Service has effected the arrest of a taxi driver over his alleged involvement …

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44-year-old fake police officer arrested

A 44-year-old man has been arrested for impersonation and unlawful possession of firearm in the Ashanti region. The suspect, Richard Nyantakyi, was arrested by the District Police Commander of Asokwa, Superintendent Christian Owusu Mpinim on Saturday, September 11, 2021. According to a report by the police, the District Commander was …

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Police officer arrested for ‘stealing’ AK-47 ammo, dead body bag

A cop could face court after he admitted to stealing police accoutrements including AK 47 ammunition and a dead body bag, dailymailgh.com has learnt. Lance Corporal Christian Adjei is being questioned by police in the Bono East Region, after a team of investigators stormed his Kintampo residence on Thursday, September …

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Landlady at East Legon arrested for accommodating illegal migrants

• The GIS is clamping down on illegal residents in the country • A landlady accommodating some of them has been arrested • The GIS has arrested 31 of such undocumented migrants A woman whose house served as accommodation for some 31 out of 128 ECOWAS nationals arrested by the …

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Banker jailed 5 years for stealing GH¢115K of customers savings

The Asamankese Circuit Court presided by His Honour Abubakari Abass Adams has convicted a mobile Banker with South Akim Rural bank to five years imprisonment for stealing Ghc115,114.00 belonging to customers of the bank. The convict, Essah Gabriel Ansah,26, was found guilty on the charge of stealing contrary to section …

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Man kills 32-year-old wife for threatening divorce

The Ahafo regional police command has declared one Kwame Capo wanted for killing his wife at Kwame Nkran a farming community in the Asunafo district of the Ahafo region. The 32-year-old lady whose name has been given as Gifty was shot dead by her husband in the early hours of …

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Man kills wife, leaves mother-in-law in critical condition with cutlass wounds

A man, who is currently on the run, has shot his wife dead with his mother-in-law in a critical condition after he inflicted cutlass wounds on her. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Thursday at an area called Three Brothers at Sankore of the Ahafo Region. A …

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Woman jailed 6 years for stealing baby in Kumasi

Madam Theresa Asamoah, has been sentenced by a Kumasi Circuit Court to six years in prison with hard labour for stealing a baby at the Kumasi South Hospital. Priscilla Appiah, a 21-year-old daughter of Madam Asamoah, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail of GH ¢100,000 with three sureties to …

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Five fake soldiers busted while extorting money at mining site

Five persons have been arrested for impersonating senior military officers at a mining site in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. They were arrested on Wednesday, 8 September 2021. Three of the suspects were dressed in military uniforms. The Operations Commander for the Central Command, Colonel Emmanuel Gyadu, …

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3 in military custody for alleged extortion at mining sites

Three persons in fatigues have been arrested by the military command in the Ashanti region for illegal possession of military accoutrements. The three were arrested at a mining site in the Manso Nkwanta enclave when they were allegedly extorting money from some miners on Wednesday, September 8. They drove in …

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