CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Police grab 19 persons in connection with Tema robbery

Nineteen persons, including a female, have been picked up by the Tema Regional Police Command in connection with the daylight robbery that occurred in the metropolis last Thursday afternoon. Four out of the total number of suspects were identified among persons who scrambled for bank notes which were flying around …

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Farmer, 34 arrested for defiling 12 year old girl

Investigations revealed that the Suspect, Kwasi Amfo, asked the victim to escort him to his farm around 4am to search for paddy straw mushrooms. According to the victim who’s a younger sister to the suspect’s wife, when they got to the farm, the suspect forced her onto the ground and …

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Two Chinese arrested for producing ‘fake’ PPEs

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Achimota Divisional Police Command have apprehended two Chinese nationals at Kisseman, a suburb of Accra, for producing unregistered Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). The two, a man and his wife, have been producing the PPEs in commercial quantities without approval from the FDA. …

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Taxi driver murdered, car stolen

A 23-year-old taxi driver has been killed and his body dumped in a nearby bush at Gomoa Ankamu in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region. It is believed his killers must have hired him from the Mankessim enclave, killed him and took away his car. A resident, Joe …

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NPP activist arrested for threatening student

A political aide to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurial and Innovation Programme (NEIP) and parliamentary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ejisu Constituency, John Kumah, has been arrested by the police for allegedly threatening the life of a student. Dominic Danquah has reportedly …

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Taxi driver found dead near Apam Junction [Photos]

A taxi driver, believed to be in his twenties, has been found in a nearby bush at Gomoa Ankamu near Apam Junction in the Gomoa West District of the Central region. Reports indicate the young man was found dead with head wounds and his car nowhere to be found at …

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Sex workers facing deportation despite testing negative

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Upper East Region is holding some seven Nigerian illegal migrants believed to be commercial sex workers and will process them for deportation once Ghana’s borders and airports are opened for operations. The seven illegal migrants, all females, were picked up at a location …

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Poverty leads mother to dump baby by roadside [Photos]

A woman, identified only as Ruth, has abandoned her months-old baby by a roadside. Ruth revealed poverty led her to abandon the baby. In a note attached to the baby, she said after her delivery she has not received any support from her partner or his family and the best …

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33-year-old man killed at Mankessim

A 33-year-old man has been murdered and dumped on the roadside at Abonko a suburb of Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The deceased who’s said to be an apprentice was killed on Wednesday dawn by unknown assailants. It is believed he struggled with his murderers who …

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Fetish priest kills twin brother

The Ajumako Bekoso Police in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region have arrested a 21-year-old fetish priest, Atta Panin, for allegedly killing his twin brother, Kakra. The deceased was attacked yesterday with a pickaxe at Ajumako Bekoso during a fight with his twin brother over money. The …

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