CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 378 suspects in a recent operation in different parts of the region. The operation forms part of efforts to rid the metropolis of criminal activities and create an enabling environment for an incident-free Eidul Adha celebration on Tuesday. The one-week operation, which begun …

A middle-aged man has been arrested for forcefully having sexual intercourse with an old lady in her room at Sege in the West Ada District of the Greater Accra Region. 40-year-old David Addo, a welder, was on July 10, 2021, allegedly caught raping 105-year-old Lomokie Tanihu. Agnes Zotorvi, the caregiver …

The Eastern Regional Manager of Glo Ghana has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old Junior High School student in Koforidua. The accused, Awoseni Akinyemi, 30, a Nigerian, allegedly defiled the JHS2 student three times in his house at Abrewa-Nkwata, a suburb of Koforidua, and gave her contraceptive each time …

Two persons who lured a 20-year old Beninois to Ghana to be sold for $160,000 to a police decoy have been sentenced to a total jail term of 11-years, by an Accra Circuit Court. Ibrahim Keita, a 33-year old unemployed, would serve six years, while his accomplice, Baba Issah, a …

A young man has found himself at the wrong side of the law when he went to steal a bag of maize at the farm of a resident at Binduri in the Eastern Region. According to eye witness report, the gentleman walked to the police station carrying the heavy bag …

Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis have been given a sigh of relief as the alleged kidnapped 13 years old JHS student, Norchelina Awuah got home to her parents unhurt after going allegedly being kidnapped for close to 8 hours. The Western Region Police Command, giving a brief of the case, said …

A woman believed to be in her early 20s has been shot dead by armed men at Maxima Junction in Kumasi. Reports say two suspected armed robbers on a motorbike gunned down the lady and fled with her mobile phone at about 9:30pm on Tuesday. She was seen in a …

The third prosecution witness in the case of the Republic versus Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bosso has been telling the High Court in Accra how Daniel Asiedu brought him two mobile phones belonging to the late Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu for one to be unlocked The witness, Kenneth Koranchie, giving …

Residents in the Obuasi suburb of New Estate in the Ashanti Region are unhappy with increasing violent crimes fueled by rampant power cuts, which they say are affecting normal life in the area. Their agitation comes after the lifeless body of a little girl was found last Friday, after she …

Armed robbers have shot and killed a commercial driver in Labun Quarters in the Pru East Constituency of the Bono East Region. The robbers after the attack fled the scene with an unspecified amount of money. Tension is mounting in the Constituency as residents lament of at least four robberies …