A 45-year-old tutor at Namon Senior High School in the Offinso Municipality of the Ashanti region has been remanded by the Offinso Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding two Pastors and other residents of the community of a total amount of GHS244,700. The two Pastors namely Bernard Kokroko and Eric Owusu …
Read More »Police arrest notorious armed robber in Ho
The Ho Police have arrested a notorious armed robber, who has been on the Police wanted list for several years, in an operation. Prince Adu, 30, aka ‘Dracula’, unemployed, was arrested on Thursday at his hideout while asleep after he robbed an Immigration Officer at gun-point at about 0230 hours. …
Read More »2 men get 20 years each for murdering friend, selling his car for brandy
A night at a pub in Mpumalanga with friends almost two years ago turned to horror for 38-year-old Lucky Bongani Kutumela. Kutumela had been with Zakhele Sihlangu, 32, and Sibusiso Frans Mzangwa, 34, at the pub until late one night in May 2019. They all went home in Kutumela’s car …
Read More »Chief arrested in contract killing plot targeting another chief
A traditional leader and chief of Suisi-Hiono in the Manya Krobo Traditional Area of the Eastern Region was on Monday, February 15 arrested by the Akuse Police after he allegedly tried to hire someone to kill Nene Olepeme Sakinor Nanor I, chief of Okuenya Adadlikuorsi, police sources say. Asafoatse Kwabla …
Read More »Main suspect in Miotso herdsmen attack arrested
The Prampram Divisional Police Command has arrested one Anum Adams, who is alleged to have masterminded an attack on some herdsmen in Miotso, a suburb of Prampram District some weeks ago. It would be recalled that the Command some weeks ago arrested three persons for their involvement in the shooting …
Read More »Two arrested in Fomena bullion van gun attack, ringleader killed
A suspected highway robber was gunned down during a shoot out in Ghana’s capital Accra on Wednesday morning, the police has said in a briefing. The special operation at a guest house on the Spintex road at about 11:30 am led to the death of Blessing Stephen 38, a notorious …
Read More »Farmer jailed 20 years for robbery
Koku Adzi, 28, a farmer of Wudesi near Adaklu-Waya, who stabbed and robbed a motorbike rider and took away the bike has been jailed by a Ho Circuit Court to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour. He pleaded guilty to the offence and was convicted on his plea for robbing …
Read More »Akatsi Police arrest members of cattle rustling syndicates
Akatsi Police have arrested two suspected members of a cattle rustling syndicate and saved some of the animals. The suspects, identified as Gariba Ali and Gideon Xenyo, both 25 years, are being held in the custody of the Akatsi Police. Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Joseph Atsu Dzineku, the Akatsi …
Read More »105 persons arrested for flouting directives on wearing of nose masks
A total of 105 suspects have been rounded up by the Tema Regional Police Command for non-compliance with the Government’s directives on the wearing of nose masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19. The four-hour operation around Tema Community One on 20th January 2021 is a move …
Read More »Two doctors, four Nurses arrested for Baby harvesting
Investigations by the Medical and Dental Council and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have led to the arrest of some doctors, nurses and social workers in the illegal act of baby harvesting’ and ‘human trafficking’. A joint statement revealed that the investigations were carried into the illegal activities …
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