CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A joint operation between the police and Pharmacy Council in the Northern Region has led to the arrest of an illegal tramadol dealer in the region. The suspect, Abdulai Issahaku, 40, believed to be a leader in the trade, was arrested at his shop, Harsh chemicals at Changli in Tamale. …

Eric Kojo Duah, the chief mastermind of the killing of two police officers at Gomoa Buduburam has told police investigators that one of the deceased persons caused the death of his mother. Though he refused to explain how it all happened, he admits he only fired one shot at one …

A middle-aged man popularly known as “Thunder” has been beaten to death by a well-known drug trafficker, Odoyewu, at Manso-Tontokrom in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The deceased was alleged to have stolen some “cocaine” belonging to the suspect, residents say. The suspect is currently …

The office of the Takoradi District Police Commander, Supt. Emmanuel Amoah has been burgled. The robbers made away with his laptop, a flat-screen TV and an unspecified amount of money. The burglars removed the louvre blades of the window to the commander’s office to gain access. A local journalist Emmanuel …

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded seven suspects arrested in connection with the killing of two police officers, Joy News’ Joseph Ackah-Blay has reported. The seven, Eric Kojo Duah, Ibrahim Zakariah, Isaac Mensah, Obletey Commey Victor Yire and Fatawu Ahmed who appeared in court on Monday were charged with conspiracy to commit …

Suspected killer of two police officers at Gomoa Budumburam in the Central region is said to be a pastor’s son. Eric Kojo Duah, according to information available to Adomonline.com, is the first child of the founder of Strong Living Fire Church at Dansoman in Accra. The 33-year-old father and husband is said to …

Two self-styled pastors, George Andrews and Maxwell Peter, will be put before the Keta Circuit Court Monday, for allegedly kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old woman. Precious, not her real name, is battling scars from a four-month tortuous kidnapping and multiple rape experience at the hands of the two pastors. She was …

Residents of Adiembra in the Western Region were thrown into a state of shock following the discovery of the dead body of 10 years old boy. The body of the deceased was found in a plantain farm adjacent western Naval officers Base in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the western region …

A first year student of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has been killed by a musketeer of the chief of Bomaa in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo region, Otempatadwanso Opoku Agyemang MyNewsGh.com reports. The twenty-one year-old student, whose name has been given as Raymond Kesse was escorting …

Agona Nkum in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region was thrown into shock last Friday night when a jealous husband allegedly killed a 39-year-old farmer for allegedly trying to woo his wife. It was the violent end of a confrontation at a drinking spot where Kwame Egyir, 39, …