CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Police at Obuasi have picked up 49 persons, including a groom and his bride, for flouting the ban on social gathering protocols during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The groom, Philip Ahenekwa, aged 35, and the bride, Ama Frema, aged 40, and the other persons are currently in police custody. They …

The Kasoa Police on Thursday, arrested the owner of a drinking spot in the area, for failing to comply with the Imposition Restriction law. Mawutor Ahetor opened her spot at Blue Top Estate on Wednesday at 0820 hours during the lockdown culminating in a robbery incident that night. DSP Irene …

A 21 years old fetish priest who’s a twin has murdered his twin brother over money at Breman Bekoso in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa FM’s Yaw Boagyan suggest that the twins have both been working together as fetish priests for some time …

A 26-year-old unemployed man who stole cocoyam valued at GHC150.00 from a farm, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Kwaku Baafi pleaded guilty and would reappear before the Court on April 22, this year. His accomplice, Abenaa Maanu, who bought the cocoyam, was granted a …

A man who was trying assist an 11-year-old boy to peel sugarcane at Koforidua Oyoko in the Eastern Region has had his penis bitten by the boy’s father. Eric Kwadwo told the Police in the area that he was returning from town on April 6 at about 8:00 p.m. when …

A military man in Tema is currently in detention after allegedly firing at a policewoman at a checkpoint whilst enforcing the COVID-19lockdown at Tema New Town. Little information is given about the soldier as well as the victim. Confirmation from Tema Regional Police Headquarters revealed that the soldier fired at Lance Corporal …

A 19-year-old unemployed man, who allegedly posed as a nurse working at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nkwanta South of the Oti region, has been arrested by the Police for fraud. The suspect, Barnabas Baade Christian, had told his victims that he could secure them admission into Techiman Nursing Training …

Information reaching Atinkaonline.com indicates that a military officer has shot a female police officer at a Covid-19 operation duty point at Tema New Town. According to reports, the incident happened on Thursday morning and the injured police officer is currently receiving treatment at the Tema General Hospital. More soon Source: atinkaonline.com

The police in Western Region are currently investigating the circumstances under which one Emmanuel Devor, popularly called Tsatsu, a resident of Ahenkofi, near Sekondi allegedly beat his 20-year old step daughter to death. The incident occurred last Sunday at about 9am. Speaking to journalists, the mother of the deceased, Augustina …

A 34-year-old Nigerian has been arrested for allegedly defying the restriction order by taking blood samples of pregnant women and residents at Gbese Community, a suburb of James Town without legal authority. Chukwuka James, 34, has therefore been remanded by the Accra Circuit Court presided over by Afia Owusuwaa Appiah …