CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Achimota forest robber shot dead by Police

One suspected robber has been shot dead along the Achimota forest stretch after he succeeded in attacking and snatching two phones from two pedestrians and ran into the bush. On Wednesday, 27 January 2021 at about 9pm, the suspect now deceased armed with knife emerged from the Achimota Forest Reserve …

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Taxi driver, teacher found dead in Koforidua

A taxi driver has been found dead at Korle – Nkwata a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region. He was found tied with a rope in the plantain farm near Anglican Basic School at Korle -Nkwanta community. A resident assumed that the deceased taxi driver might …

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Two arrested in Fomena bullion van gun attack, ringleader killed

A suspected highway robber was gunned down during a shoot out in Ghana’s capital Accra on Wednesday morning, the police has said in a briefing. The special operation at a guest house on the Spintex road at about 11:30 am led to the death of Blessing Stephen 38, a notorious …

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2 goat thieves nabbed as residents set their car ablaze

Angry residents of Bepoase, Community near Agona in the Afigya Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region have attacked two notorious thieves for stealing 5 goats and 1 sheep in the community. A Toyota Corolla vehicle with the registration number BA- 2356-14 used by the thieves for their operations has …

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Suspected robber involved in Manso-Meam bullion van attack gunned down by police

Officers of the Ghana Police Service Greater Accra Regional Command on Wednesday gunned down a suspected highway robber and arrested two others suspected to be his accomplices. The deceased, a 38-year-old identified as Blessing Stephen died from gunshot wounds he sustained during police capture operation at Tonynam Guest House at …

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Two arrested for child trafficking in Tatale

Two suspects identified as Gariba Neutori, 35 and Gmabani Gariba, 21 have been arrested by the Tatale-Sanguli District Police for allegedly trafficking children from Yeji in the Bono East Region to Togo. The suspects were nabbed by the Police through the intervention of the Pan African Organisation for Research and …

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Trader faces Court for robbery and spraying pepper into victim’s eyes

Solomon Antwi Agyei, a trader, who allegedly sprayed pepper into a mechanic’s eyes before robbing him of a Honda Civic Accord vehicle, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Agyei 35, and Yaw Osei, his accomplice now at large, had told the complainant, a 55-year-old auto mechanic, that they wanted …

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Man murdered, penis chopped off at Saltpond

An unidentified man believed to be in his fifty’s has been found dead at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. He’s suspected to have been murdered and had his penis severed and dumped in the area some days before his decomposing body was found. Speaking to Kasapa …

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Two people commit suicide in Ho

Two individuals in the Ho Municipality have committed suicide at different points involving Faustina Dotse, a 38-year-old hairdresser and a septuagenarian. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr Alex Yeboah, acting Ho Municipal Police Commander, told the Ghana News Agency that Faustina committed the heinous crime on January 20, this year, and …

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Manhunt for 2 men who set 64-year-old ablaze on fire

Two men, Mathew Patuka and Laari Sujurka, both natives of Nakpanduri are currently on the run after trying to set a woman on fire. The Daily Guide Newspaper reports the incident took place on January 16, 2021, at the residence of the 64-year-old victim. According to the police in Nakpanduri …

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