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Three Chinese nationals have been arrested by personnel from the Ghana Police Service for allegedly killing a male adult at Bonsa, a town in the Western region. The suspects, according to a police statement available to GhanaWeb, shot and killed the victim at a mining site on Friday, November 11, …

Mazen Farakh, a Ukrainian national who has been on the wanted list of the police for alleged fake currency trafficking, has been arrested. The suspect, who is alleged to have moved a total of $65 million in fake currency out of Ghana to various destinations was picked up by the …

A former Ghanaian banker with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Asante Berko, has been arrested over his alleged involvement with bribes paid to Ghanaian authorities during his time at the investment bank. Berko is also the former Managing Director of state-owned enterprise, Tema Oil Refinery. According to a Bloomberg report, Mr. Berko …

A blogger and an Information Technology (IT) professional have been put before an Accra Circuit Court on charges of spreading false news. The blogger, Jeffrey Eppirim, was charged with publication of false news while the I. T professional Jeremiah Kobina Egyebeng was charged as his accomplice. According to a report …

A 50-year-old woman has been busted for stealing a two-year-old child and forcefully putting her in a covered rubber bucket at Mankessim in the Central Region. Information gathered by GHONE News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the suspect went and sat on a margarine rubber bucket behind the victim’s house as …

A joint security made up of military, police, and immigration officers have arrested a suspected Boko Haram fighter in the Upper East Region of Ghana. According to a Joynews report, the suspect, identified as Hassan Hussein, was traced by the joint security force to his hideout in the region’s capital; …

The Odikro of Akwaboa in Kwahu West Municipality of Eastern Region Nana Kofi Osei has been arrested over his alleged involvement in illegal mining. He was arrested on a mining site together with three other retired military men who were providing security service for him at ‘Nkwaakwaasem’ in Kwahu East …

National Sports Authority Director General, Peter Twumasi, and his secretary have been arrested for alleged fraud involvement. Reports indicate that Twumasi turned himself in at the Legon Police station on Friday, October 28, 2022, following the arrest of his secretary, Afia Serebour, on Thursday, October 27, 2022. Further reports suggested …

Three(3) Chinese illegal miners including a female and two(2) Ghanaians have been arrested in Atiwa West Municipality in the Eastern region. The illegal miners were arrested during the weekend whilst mining with excavators destroying the vegetation and polluting the Birim river. Their mining equipment were confiscated. The accused have been …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested two suspected currency counterfeiters in Abuja. A statement issued by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday, October 21, 2022, identified the suspects as Johnson Olumoyegun and Tanko Abubakar. He said the suspects were arrested on Thursday and Friday, October 6 …