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Zebilla Police Arrest Wee Peddlers; Destroys Three Shops

The Zebilla Police in Bawku West District of the Upper East Region has arrested four persons suspected to be dealing in substance suspected to be Indian. Three shops belonging to the drug peddlers have been destroyed. The suspects are Rafui Mahamadu aged 30, Simon Adabre, 18, Bilal Anambe 25, and …

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Girlfriend of ‘King Promise’ arrested for smuggling Tramadol into a Police cell

The Goaso Police have arrested a lady purported to be the girlfriend of a certain King Promise after she tried smuggling Tramadol concealed inside Kenkey to the boyfriend who has been arrested in connection with a crime, MyNewsGh.com reports Suspect Hannah Tawiah visited her boyfriend Kwaku Ebenezer alias King Promise …

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Coronavirus: Ada West Assembly Member beaten up

An assembly member of the Ada West District Assembly has been severely beaten up in public by a man believed to be affiliated to his political rival. Mr Fredrick Nartey Dodzi, assembly member for Wokumagbeh electoral area, is now nursing his injuries. He told GNA that he received a call …

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14 arrested for performing dipo rite in Somanya

The Somanya District Police Command has arrested fourteen (14) people for performing puberty rite known traditionally as “Dipo” in contravention of the ban on public gathering. The suspects were arrested on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at Sawer a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region. The suspects are Leaders, parents, …

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Mother stones 9-year-old son to death

An attempt to chase away a flock of sheep turned into a tragedy after a 32-year-old mother accidentally stoned her nine-year-old son to death. Elvis Minkah was pronounced dead on Thursday, April 30, 2020 by medics moments after he was rushed to the St. Peter’s Catholic Hospital. The suspect, Haggar …

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Private security officer slashes wife’s forehead with machete

Ironically, the couple are known to have been staying together peacefully at Konda with their 10-year-old son until the unfortunate incident. The woman has since been admitted at the emergency unit of the Upper West Regional Hospital and would likely be referred to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi for …

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One person shot, another butchered to death in Eastern Region

Two persons have been murdered in two separate incidents at Akyem Osiem and Nkawkaw in the Eastern region. The body of a young man shot dead was found Friday, May 1, 2020, along the Akyem Osiem to Ettukrom highway in Abuakwa North Municipality. The unidentified man was found in a …

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Three armed robbers jailed 75 years for robbing a Ghanaian returnee

Ofaakor Circuit court presided over by His Honour, Ebeneezer Osei Darko has sentenced 3 armed robbers to 75 years for robbing one Isaac Henry Oppong, a Ghanaian domiciled in Italy. The first and second accused Samuel Kweku Nhyira Amoankwando and Kofi Boateng Amoako respectively were charged with conspiracy to rob …

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Ghana Police Service calls out Adom FM for using uniforms without permission

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has rebuked Accra-based radio station, Adom FM, for breaching the law during the celebration of this year’s May Day. To celebrate frontline workers in the fight against Coronavirus, some presenters of the radio station dressed up in uniforms of nurses, doctors and security personnel for …

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