CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

45-year-old painter allegedly defiles KG2 pupil

• A KG2 has been defiled • The suspect, a 45-year-old painter, has denied the act • Police have arraigned him even as investigations go on The Accra Regional Police Command is investigating a defilement case involving a painter and a KG2 pupil. John Arthur, 45, who resides at Race …

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Six teenagers arrested for attempting to sell ‘stolen’ taxi

Six youngsters alleged to be residents of Effiakuma in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality in the Western Region have been arrested by the Adum Banso Unit Committee in the Mpohor District for attempting to sell a “stolen” taxi to an unsuspecting man in the area. Narrating events leading to the arrest …

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Police arrest two suspected armed robbers at mosque

Two suspected armed robbers who had gone to the Mosque to pray after successfully robbing the Wapco Fuel station at Wiasi, a suburb of Kwame Danso in the Bono East region have been arrested by the Police. The Suspects – Mustapha Selemana (27yrs) and Muali Seidu (42yrs) made away with …

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VIDEO: Motorbike rider snatches phone of traffic police

A motorbike rider, popularly referred to as boda boda, in Kenya has snatched the phone of a traffic police months after a similar incident was rubbished by the country’s police chief. Local media portals carried the story about how the rider in an area known as Kangundo Road monitored the …

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Police arrest 3 suspects over beaheding of 13-yr-old boy

The Aveyime Divisional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has picked up three suspects to assist in investigations as regards the decapitation of a 13-year-old boy at Aflorkope Dove in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region. Identified only as Kofi, the teenager is reported to have been …

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3 Fulanis caged for allegedly gang-raping young girl

Three out of the four Fulani herdsmen who allegedly gang-raped a thirteen-year-old have been detained by the central east regional police command. This was after the father of the girl identified the suspects during a police identification parade. The police had earlier announced an identification parade in the community “to …

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Mother and child arrested for killing husband

A mother and her 15-year-old son have been arrested by the Koforidua Divisional Police command in connection with the death of her husband. The victim, Eric Kwaku Amoako, 40, was allegedly assaulted to death by the wife Mavis Adjoa Amponsah, 36, and three other accomplices including her brother Kofi Dennis …

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Mask-wearing robbers attack fuel station

Ad Armed robbers broke into Okorase fuel station, beat attendants, and made away with an unspecified amount of cash Monday dawn around 1:00 am on August 30, 2021. The manager of the fuel station, Delali Dzamposu, informed the police about the incident. He recounted that four armed robbers including a …

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Police arrest chief, 21 others with weapons and ammunition

The anti-armed robbery squad deployed to the Eastern Region by the acting Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has arrested 22 suspects including a Fulani Chief in Donkorkrom in the Afram Plains in possession of weapons cache and ammunition. The weapons retrieved are; one foreign pistol, three locally …

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Man beheads 12-year-old for rituals

A Twenty-five (25) year-old resident of Mafi Dove in the Central Tongu District of the Volta region is in the grips of the Battor Aveyime Police Command for allegedly beheading a 12-year-old boy for ritual purposes. According to residents, the incident happened late Sunday night, after a drumming competition among …

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Robbers suspected to have killed int’l journalist arrested

Four persons are currently in police custody for their alleged involvement in some robbery and murder cases on the Kintampo-Buipe-Tamale highway. The four – Saaju Bukari, Bertor Saabi, Ali Amadi and Isaad Seidu – were arrested following an intelligence-led operation conducted by the Special Anti-Robbery Task Force. The operation also …

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26 stolen goats found in a Taxi in Savelugu

The Savelugu Police have arrested two persons for allegedly stealing goats. The police found the stolen livestock in an Opel Astra with registration number BA 1538-12. The suspected goat thieves were arrested at a snap checkpoint at the Savelugu Airport junction. According to Accra-based myjoyonline, suspects, Haruna Zakaria, 23, who …

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Assailants kill 35-year-old private school owner

Unknown assailants have killed a 35-year-old owner of a private school in the Eastern Region. Mr Frederick Kwaku Ohene Gyan was shot dead at Pokrom in the Akuapem South District on Friday, 27 August 2021 at about 10:45 pm. “A Smith & Wesson pistol, an empty magazine disengaged from its …

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US after $10million fraud case re-arrested and jailed

• Ahmed Rufai has been jailed four years in the United States of America • He and four others pleaded guilty to defrauding hundreds of US citizens • He broke bail conditions and fled to Ghana but was arrested in April Ahmed Tourey Rufai, a US-based Ghanaian fraudster who fled …

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Police, galamsey taskforce arrest illegal miners in Juaboso District

The Western North Regional Taskforce of the Small Scale Miners Association of Ghana, together with the Sefwi Wiawso District Police Command have arrested some illegal miners in the District. The Anti- Galamsey operations also led to the seizure of water pumping machines, motorbikes, mobile phones, and parts of excavators in …

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VIDEO: Ritualist Caught kidnapping 3-year-old at Santase

The current happening in Ghana now is like a movie thereby rendering many Citizens speechless. Yesterday, there was a murder incident at Abesim which the Ghana Police Service are doing everything humanly possible to deal with perpetrators. Today, there was massive drama as Man who tried to steal a 3 …

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Farmer shot dead over palm wine tapping pipe

A 45-year-old farmer has been allegedly shot dead by his colleague at Nweneso No.1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region in a fight for ‘palm wine tapping pipe. The deceased who was identified as Yaw Kwakye surrendered to the injuries he sustained in his left armpit after …

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Man gets stroke after judge pronounced his sentence

He is currently at the hospital receiving treatment   An unemployed driver, Emmanuel Appiah, has been struck by ‘stroke’ after he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court in the Central Region for stealing. According to Emmanuel’s sister-in-law, Ruth, he fell unconscious whiles he was being escorted from …

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Young man stabs friend to death over mini Bluetooth speaker

A young boy has ended the life of his friend over a little misunderstanding. 20-years-old Shafiw, a resident of Nkawkaw Zongo has repeatedly stabbed his own friend, Lawali Umar to death. According to the report by Adom TV, Shafiw stabbed his friend over a Bluetooth mini speaker around 6 pm …

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Man allegedly beats 7-year-old son to death over fish

An artisan, Saviour Aniefok, has allegedly tortured his seven-year-old son, Nathaniel, to death at his residence at Amen Compound, in the Shangisha area of Magodo Phase 2, Lagos State. Mr Aniefok, who is said to be on the run, reportedly tortured the victim on the allegation that he stole a …

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Two Qnet agents arrested

Two agents of Qnet have been arrested by the Adweso District Police Command in the Eastern Region for allegedly holding a 26-year-old hostage and used him to defraud his Mother and Pastor. The suspects are Pafio Agordo,20, and Wisdom Korda, 21. According to the victim, suspect Wisdom Korda, who was …

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