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 …
Read More »Highway robber busted
An armed robber who together with four others robbed travelers on the Kpando-Nkonya highway has been arrested by the Police less than 24 hours after the robbery incident. 37-year-old Amadu Ibrahim was arrested at about 12:00noon last Friday, April 24, 2020, when he was trying to escape the jurisdiction with …
Read More »Alleged fraudster on GES payroll busted
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has busted a suspected fraudster that has been withdrawing salaries from the government’s coffers with fake documents for the past decades. The culprit who is a native of the Talensi District in the Upper East Region uses three different identities to undertake this illegality without …
Read More »Man arrested for selling shea butter as cure for Covid-19
The police have arrested a 52-year-old man for allegedly selling Shea butter as a cure for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus, at Awutu Breku in the Awutu Senya West District, Central region. King David told unsuspecting customers that the shea butter cream cures the disease when applied on …
Read More »72-year-old man shot dead
A 72–year-old man was on Friday shot dead at Kandiga in the Kassena Nankana Municipal (KNM), Upper East Region, after a two-day violent conflict between the Doba Community in the Kassena Naakana West District and Kandiga. The two communities share boundaries and have over the past years disagreed over the …
Read More »Man in police grips for selling shea butter as cure for coronavirus
A 52-year-old man is in the grips of the Ghana Police for allegedly selling a substance believed to be shea butter as cure for coronavirus. The man known as King David who was arrested at Awutu Breku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region of Ghana told …
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