A Circuit court in Accra has granted bail to a 22-year-old scrap dealer, Osman Amadu who sprayed a liquid substance into the eyes of a policewoman at Zongo Junction in Accra while the policewoman was enquiring about his movement in the sum of GHC50,000. In addition to the bail sum, …
Read More »Three Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally
The Ghana Immigration Service has arrested three Burkinabes for allegedly entering Ghana illegally. The three West African nationals were picked up on Monday, April 27, 2020 at about 11:40hrs at Babile in Upper West region en route to Techiman to seek for jobs with other Ghanaian nationals. Their ages range between 35 and 39 …
Read More »Jubilee House security operative, ex-soldier arrested in gold robbery operation
Two national security operatives have been arrested by the police in the Western Region for their involvement in an alleged robbery incident at a mining site. They were part of a nine-member gang intercepted by the police at a checkpoint on the Asankragwa-Wasa-Dunkwa road while onboard an unregistered black Toyota …
Read More »42-year-old woman who hid ‘wee’ in a fake pregnancy arrested
A 42-year-old woman has been arrested at Asikuma in the Oti Region for allegedly making a fake baby bump out of slabs of compressed dried leaves which immigration officials suspected to be Indian hemp. Mavis Adubea who is from Nkonya, is said to be a businesswoman who plies her trade …
Read More »Chief runs amok, shoots 19-year-old teenager
A gun-wielding chief of Dumanafo, near Mampongteng, in Ashanti, caused a stir when he allegedly ran amok and opened fire on a 19-year-old teenager, whom he accused of insubordination. The chief, Nana Owusu Kwarteng, had invited the teenager, Loveline Antwi, to his palace following a fight, but he declined the …
Read More »Two national security personnel, dismissed soldier, 6 others arrested for robbery
Police in Asankragwa led by the Divisional Crime Officer Superintendent Henry Agbeve have arrested nine persons, including two National Security personnel for robbing miners near Atalla of their gold concentrate. The suspects are: Anas Adams, 35 years, a National Security personnel of Jubilee House operations; George Ohene Adjei 56, driver, …
Read More »Notorious armed robber who raped and killed 20yr-old lady shot dead at Yeji
A man, who the police have described as notorious armed robber, has been shot dead at Kwayease, a suburb of Yeji in the Bono East region. Ernest Akorli, also known as Jerigoji, who the police said had been terrorising the people of Yeji for some time now, last Wednesday robbed …
Read More »Driver’s mate gets five years for threatening his mother
A 20-year-old driver’s mate, who threatened to kill his mother for refusing to give him ‘chop’ money has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Maxwell Agyei pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted on his own plea by the court presided by Mr Johnson …
Read More »Lockdown: Sex workers, clients arrested
No fewer than 18 commercial sex workers have been arrested in Ondo State for flouting the state government’s lockdown order put in place to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the state. Doyin Odebowale, Chairman of the Special Taskforce on COVID-19 Enforcement and Compliance in the state, who confirmed this to …
Read More »25 marijuana smokers grabbed in Suame
The Suame Municipal Assembly in Kumasi is making inroads in the fight against narcotics, especially the smoking of marijuana also known as ‘Ganja’. This follows the recent arrest of several marijuana smokers in some parts of the Municipality, following a collaboration between a task force and soldiers. The Suame Municipal …
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