CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two persons who reportedly robbed a mobile money vendor around Taifa-Burkina, a suburb of Accra. The robbers, who were chased and knocked down by a driver had earlier made away with some money and fired shots at the occupant of the car. …

The ‘trotro’ driver and his mate who were captured on video allegedly assaulting a policeman, Constable Julius Mawuli Ekpe in Accra, have been remanded in police custody to reappear on April 1, 2019. When they appeared before the Weija Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Bernard Bentil, last Monday, the …

The Abokobi Police have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected to be the ring leader of a gang that has been selling Indian Hemp at Pantang village and its environs. Toufik Adams, aka Wee Master, was arrested with a quarter slab of dried leaves, seeds and powdered leaves, all suspected to …

  Police in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East region have mounted a search of a young man in his mid 30s who slaughtered his brother soon after they had dinner over what is yet to be established. According to the police who confirmed the unfortunate incident to …

Fifty-nine foreign nationals from neighbouring African countries have been arrested by a team of police and Immigration officers at Adum Banso in the Mpohor district in the Western Region. Briefing Empire News in Takoradi, Head of Operations at the Western Regional Office of Ghana Immigration Service, Assistant Commissioner Immigration (ACI) …

A 27-year-old graphic designer who attacked a 102-year-old woman in his bid to rob her has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Joel Mawuli Mensa, who was charged with causing harm pleaded guilty. Mensa told the court that he thought that the old woman had …

The police have arrested two students of the University of Education, Winneba, over their refusal to vacate campus after clashes with the police on Thursday. Central regional police spokesperson DSP Irene Oppong said the duo have been handed over to the Winneba Police Command. “We went round to close the …

Information reaching DGN indicates that three persons have been arrested for allegedly defrauding several market women in Tamale. The suspects are Fuseini Adams, aged 49; Alhassan Karim, 54, and Saharatu Adams Lizy, 39. They are reported to have bought maize and beans amounting to Ghc 220,000 from the market women …

An 18-year-old auto electrician, who robbed a woman of her mobile phone at Nima in Accra, has been jailed for 15 years by the Accra Circuit Court. Fuad Mohammed pleaded not guilty but after a two-year trial, the court presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, found him guilty of hitting …

The police in Cape Coast in the Central Region have arrested two men for posing as members of the presidential security detail at the Jubilee House. The two men were arrested in Cape Coast Saturday morning at Adisadel College where a Speech and Prize Giving ceremony is being held. President …