CRIME & PUNISHMENT

An okada rider has survived gunshots following an attempted robbery attack on his life at Adansi Brekete in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region. Details of the story indicate that one of the suspected robbers engaged the service of the rider whose name has been given as Jacob …

  Police in the Central Region have arrested a man believed to be the suspect who shot a businessman at Kasoa Opeikuma Junction some weeks ago. According to the PRO of the Central Regional Police Command, DSP Irene Oppong, suspect Eric Asare was on Monday, April 19, 2021, arrested by …

  Two suspects Laabik Mathew Patuka and Bisom Doodam who burnt a 64-year-old woman alive at Nakpanduri in the Bunkpurugu District of the North East Region have been arrested. The two paddies after the incident fled the community for fear of arrest but the police with support from family of …

  A teacher at the St. Paul’s Senior High School at Techiman, Paul Dwamena has been found dead in the school’s Staff Common Room. In what is being reported as an alleged suicide case although there was no suicide note cited at the crime scene, the Religious and Morals Education …

The Ndola Magistrate Court has sentenced a 19-year-old boy to two years imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking in marijuana. This is in a matter where three people of the same house were charged with trafficking in psychotropic substances. Blessings Lupaka 19, Daniella Lupaka 25, a teacher, and Isabelle Lupaka …

The Goaso Circuit Court presided over by His Lordship Charles Kwesi Acheampong has sentenced a 19-year-old to six years imprisonment for committing arson. Kwaku Duah was given the sentence for causing unlawful damage to the Asunafo South District Police Commander’s office at Kukuom. 19-year-old sentenced over arson Prosecutor Chief Inspector …

There were sporadic gunshots as armed robbers attacked a mobile money vendor and an electrical shop at Kasoa Opeikuma in Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region. The incident happened in broad daylight Monday around 11:45 am. The robbers reportedly succeeded in making away with about GHC5,000 and some …

Two notorious armed robbers terrorizing residents of Bolga have been lynched by residents after the robbers attempted to rob a certain man of his motorbike at Nyariga, a suburb of Bolga. According to police site report, with the help of the community members, the robbers, Yahya Lawrence and Abdul Hakeem …

A man believed to be in his late 50s has been shot dead and dumped at a construction site at the Gomoa Ojobi Estate in the Gomoa East District in the Central region. Preliminary investigation by the Assemblyman indicates the man was allegedly shot in his jaw, with some body …

  A team of Police Officers from the National Police Operations Department have arrested 230 suspected criminals at the Soldier Bar in Adabraka, a suburb of Accra for engaging in various criminal activities including drug peddling and trafficking. The operation took place on Thursday 15th April 2021 as a swoop …