CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Suspected armed robber in handcuff escapes from Police custody

A suspected armed robber in handcuff has escaped from Police custody at Kyebi in the Eastern region. Starr News has gathered from a reliable source in Kyebi that the suspect Ebenezer Gyimah alias Peace was arrested by a team of Anti Armed Robbery squad and Personnel from CID Headquarters on …

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Police shoot, arrest robbery suspect

• Suspect Musa Kamara has been arrested by the Police for robbery • He was arrested at his hideout at Kibi Zongo in the Eastern Region • Police say the suspect was shot in his left knee when he attempted to flee during his arrest Musa Kamara, a 26-year-old robbery …

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Police foil robbery attack in Bolga, arrest ringleader

The Upper East Regional Police Emergency Patrol Team on Saturday, June 26 at about 1:30 pm engaged two armed robbers on an unregistered motorbike in their attempt to snatch another motorbike from their owners at a gunpoint. Police received a call to the effect that two young men suspected to …

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Adams Mahama murder: Afoko declined to write his own cautioned statement – Witness

Chief Inspector Charles Blay, an officer stationed at the CID Headquarters of the Ghana Police Service has told the High Court in Accra that, Gregory Afoko, one of the two accused persons standing trial for the murder of the late Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party Adams …

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IT Technician in court over theft of pastor’s ATM card

An Information Technology (IT) technician accused of stealing an ATM card of a pastor he worked for and using it to withdraw money has been put before the La Magistrate Court. The accused, Ranford Anthony Arthur, is standing trial for using the ATM card which he allegedly stole with its …

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PHOTOS: Assemblyman stripped n*ked, robbed at gunpoint

The Assemblyman for Asawinso ‘A’ electoral area in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality has allegedly been stripped naked and robbed at gunpoint. Reports indicate the incident occurred at Atakurom Ohiamp3anika, a suburb of Bibiani in the Western North Region. The victim, Francis Ackah, narrated this was at about 9:30pm on …

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Details of how suspects killed 12-year-old boy for rituals

Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of a 12-year-old boy in the Agotime-Ziope District of the Volta Region. The suspects included Hunor Kofi Koko, 30, a spiritualist, 30, Kwamevi Kagbeto, 37, Anani Koko, 23, Senanu Ashitor Atsikpo, 28, Louis Etse, 25 and Fianyo Sandema …

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Seven arrested for abducting and killing 12-year boy at Nornyikpo

  The Kpetoe District Police have arrested seven persons in connection with the recent abduction and subsequent killing of a 12-year-old boy, Cornelius Negble at Nornyikpo, a farming community in Agotime-Ziope District of the Volta Region. The suspects are; Hunor Kofi Koko alias Ando Kofi, 30, Anani Koko, 23, Senanu …

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Car snatchers arrested after being involved in an accident

Some robbers, who were escaping with a stolen car, have been arrested after being involved in a road crash at Ode Remo, Ogun State. The suspects, who allegedly snatched a Toyota Camry at gunpoint in Ondo State, were heading to Lagos when they were involved in an accident. According to …

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Accra: 9 persons arrested for ‘harassing’ motorists at traffic intersections

Police have arrested nine persons for persistently harassing motorists along some traffic intersections in Accra. The Divisional Police Commander for the Airport Division, c/supt. /Mr. Bismark Agyapong, led a team of officers on June 23, 2021, on the operation, which targeted some youth loitering at major traffic intersections begging for …

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