CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A 32-year-old dwarf fetish priest, (Motia Komfo), is in police custody for allegedly defiling the six-year-old daughter of his neighbour at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central region. According to reports, the incident happened yesterday after the victim and her friends went to the priest, Akwesi …

The body of a 56-year old farmer was found hanging on a tree near Akim Manso A.M.E Zion Basic School in the Asene Manso Akroso District in the Eastern Region. The body was later identified by family members as Kwame Obeng. The body had since been kept in Akim Oda …

A routine check on inmates at police cells in Ghana’s Volta Region turned out weird when a suspect was seen ending his life by cutting off his manhood with a sharp object. Thomas Agbezuke, 35, who has been remanded at the Abor Police Station for attempted murder, was bleeding profusely …

Adwoa Pokuah, the woman who stabbed a heavily pregnant woman to death in the Ashanti Region, has said she committed the crime in self-defense. Court documents presented by prosecution on Friday, May 29 also indicated that the suspect was heavily drunk at the time the incident happened. Her crime led …

A yet-to-be-identified nursing mother suspected to be a fake money dealer should thank the police for her life. This follows a last minute intervention by the police, which saved her from a blood-thirsty mob on Tuesday in the Bosomtwi District of the Ashanti Region. The suspect was arrested in possession …

A destooled Chief of Osu, Nii Jata, known in private life as Illa was last Saturday arrested by the police Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team for leading a group of 16 armed land-guards to terrorize and attack landowners at Pantang in Accra. The gang which is believed to be …

The Volta Regional Police Command has served notice that it is preparing to put the 14 suspected separatists arrested on Saturday, May 30, 2020, before a court in the coming days. The notice was contained in a release issued by the command and signed by its Public Affairs Officer (PAO), …

The 66 Artillery Regiment (Volta Barracks) Saturday arrested 13 persons suspected to be linked to separatists-Homeland Study Group Foundation. The 13 persons, eleven males and two females were picked at a meeting at Kpando-Aziavi in the Volta region. Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Baba Pantoah, Commanding Officer of the 66 Artillery Regiment …

Police within the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region are on a hunt for suspected assailants of a 36-year-old man who was gruesomely murdered close to a guest house. Ayine Abilba was shot at close range by unknown assailants at Skin Guest House located at Daporetindongo within the Bolgatanga …

The Kasoa Divisional Police Command has arrested two fake staff members of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA). The suspects, identified as Daniel Kwame Osei and Nana Kwame, were reported to have been allegedly extorting money from commercial drivers on the Kasoa-Obom road. According to James Larbie, the police officer with the …