CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Three persons are in the grip of the police for their alleged involvement in the re-bagging and illicit smuggling of government-subsidized fertilisers. They were picked up during a joint Customs, COCOBOD and Police swoop at a warehouse used for the operation at Amanfrom in the Greater Accra Region. Some of …

The Cape Coast High Court has sentenced a 34-year-old man to death by hanging for committing murder. The convict, Kofi Adjei popularly known as Chilling had an altercation with the deceased who is known in Assin Fosu as Kankani. As a result, the convict stabbed the deceased with scissors which …

The Police have arrested the key suspect in the Wa murder case. According to a Police statement “Suspect Kankani Adongo, was arrested on 19th September 2022 at Bamahu, a suburb of Wa after extensive collaboration between the Police and community search parties.” He is in police custody and will be …

In what could best be described as a blatant daring move by serial killers visiting mayhem on residents of Wa, another night security guard has again gone missing less than 24 hours after the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) issued raft of measures to fight the menace in the municipality. 49-year-old …

An Information Technology (IT) Specialist with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Gabriel Gyamara Sarpong has been sentenced to15 months in jail for impersonating his Deputy Minister, George Mireku Duker. He was slapped with two charges to wit; falsely pretending to be a public officer and defrauding by false …

A man, whose name was only given as Kwame and believe to be in his early 30s has allegedly committed suicide at Dumanafo in the Kwabre East Municipal of the Ashanti Region. According to reports, Kwame sent his younger child (daughter) with his sister just at her residence (Fawade) just …

The Circuit Court in Accra has remanded two persons who have been arrested for possessing 86 sacks of narcotics drugs (marijuana). The two – Rashid Adamu, a truck conductor, and Kwaku Amedo, a truck loader were charged with two offenses. They have pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy …

A 52 year old Pentecost Elder, James Obeng has allegedly kills himself by hanging at a community called Bredi in Bia East District of the Western North Region. According to the assembly member of the area, Hon. Martin Agyei in an interview with Filasconews.com, the wife of the deceased, Madam …

A resident of Assin Fosu, Chief Danso, has subjected a 10-year-old boy to torture for allegedly attempting to steal from his abandoned house. According to information gathered by Adom News, the victim and his two other friends were allegedly caught in an attempt to steal aluminium materials (scraps) from the …

A medical doctor is in the grips of law enforcement authorities after it emerged that he had injected a poisonous substance into the body of a cab driver, causing him to die instantly, threw his corpse away, and then stole his car. The suspect, identified as Abass Adebowale, is a …