CRIME & PUNISHMENT

An unemployed woman, who bolted with a vehicle whiles conducting a test drive has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with forgery of document and stealing. Eunice Nyarkoa, before absconding with the vehicle valued at GHS45,000, was said to have forged the signature of the owner of the vehicle …

Five members of the Western Togoland separatist group which stormed two police stations in the Volta Region have been remanded by the Accra Circuit court. The five are were among the separatists who vandalized and stole 10 AK47 assault rifles, computers, court documents, a patrol vehicle and other items at …

A 43-year-old Burkinabe has been arrested for allegedly killing his German girlfriend and her 13 year-old-daughter at their residence at Kokrobite in Accra. According to the police, he is also under investigation for secretly burying the two at a bushy area of the compound of their residence. Neighbours say the …

Notorious highway robbers terrorizing commuters in Akyem Anyinasin and its environs in the Eastern Region have attacked and robbed members of the Church of Pentecost and other passengers. The incident occurred Tuesday around 9:30 pm. Fourteen (14) of the victims including women from three local assemblies of the Church were …

GhanaWeb has sighted a viral video of how officers of the Ghana Police Service retrieved some firearms which were stolen and hidden in the bush by the secessionists who are seeking an independent Western Togoland state. The location appears to be around Sogakope. About four assault rifles wrapped in a …

34-year-old Kwasi Amoah and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Naomi Ofori, have been arrested by the Sehwi Wiawso Police Command for allegedly killing their 2-year-old daughter. According to a Joy News report, the Regional Police Commander, ASP Michael Nkekesi, confirmed the incident, revealing that the Assemblyman for the area was the one …

Two persons who stole GHS 1,020,500 from a bullion van in 2017, have been sentenced to four years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. Bismark Abem, a Cash in Transit (CIT) Officer, and Eric Larbi, a driver were found guilty at the end of trial on the charges of …

A joint operation comprising the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Liberia has led to the arrest of 11 Ghanaian illegal miners. The ‘illegal gold and diamond miners’ were arrested in Bong County, North-Central Liberia, the P FPA reported. The suspects have since been …

A driver of a VIP Jeoun bus and two passengers have been shot and injured by armed robbers during a midnight raid on the Apedwa-Bunso stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway. The driver, identified as Delali Yao Tsagli, was receiving treatment at the Enyiresi Hospital on the Bunso-Nkawkaw road as of …

A 44year-old man, Kwasi Emmanuel, from Sefwi Anyinabrim in Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region, has committed suicide by hanging to death after killing his wife. He is reported to have shot his wife, Mrs Sarah Issah with a pistol, and proceeded to hit her with a pestle till …