CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Notorious highway robbery gang terrorizing commuters in Kwahu South, Kwahu Afram Plains North and South and environs in the Eastern Region struck again Saturday morning. The robbers numbering four(4) in number attacked four vehicles transporting traders at gunpoint at Kweklu community along the Nketepa road at about 7:00am. The Assembly …

Thirty-one members of the Western Togoland group that blocked some entries to the Volta region Friday morning have been arrested. They were arrested in a joint police and military operation after they exchanged gunfire with the officers. The suspects have been handed over to the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) …

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted 152kg of cocaine concealed in a shipment of sugar from Brazil at the Tema Harbour. A statement from NACOC on Saturday, September 26, 2020 said the interception was successfully carried out based on intelligence gathered in conjunction with other security outfits such as the Bureau …

The People’s Liberation Council of Western Togoland has stated explicitly that members of the supposed Western Togoland who went on a rampage attacking security installations and blocking roads are imposters. According to Public Relations Officer (PRO) of this group Seth Mifetu, the violent  activities of the group is meant to …

A man believed to be in his 40’s has been murdered and dumped at a refuse site at Ajumako Techiman in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The deceased had cutlass wounds on his body and face and covered with a jute sack. He was found by …

A police officer at Bassa in the Bono East Region, believed to be in his early 40s, has allegedly stabbed to death his co-tenant, one Maa Mary and his landlord, the Gyasehene of Bassa Traditional Area, Nana Osei without any provocation. The police officer who is yet to be identified …

Two mobile phone thieves have been arrested by the Police in Accra. According to the Police, the two, Charles Kofi Ntiyw 36, and Richard Ofori Amoako 31 picked up a lady in a taxi cab they were using for commercial purposes at Community 20 to Accra. The lady according to the …

One more person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a mobile money vendor at Ejisu/Onwe in the Ashanti Region. The suspect was arrested at his hideout in Kumasi following police intelligence on September 2, 2020. He has been named as Umaru Sanda, a 22-year-old nomadic herdsman of …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command on Thursday September 24, 20 announced the arrest of three “deadly” armed robbers in the Kumasi Metropolis  in connection with some  robbery cases. The three Jamal Mohamed, Dignanti alias Kobolo and Kofi Ketewa were arrested in connection series of robberies that took place in some …

General Lance Corporal Bright Akosah, who allegedly shot and killed a taxi driver at Adjin Kotoku after robbing him of his vehicle, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court. Akosah, who was in dock with Ebenezer Tetteh, a trader, are facing a charge of conspiracy to commit crime, to …