A police officer in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl who went to police to report she had been gang raped. A criminal case has been registered against him and he has been suspended, a senior police official said. The …
Read More »10 remanded in connection with small scale mining gang clash in Tarkwa
Ten people have been remanded into police custody by the Tarkwa Circuit court in connection with the clash that happened between two small-scale mining gangs on Wednesday evening. The incident that happened around the Bonsa toll booth near Tarkwa left one person known as Alhassan dead while four others were …
Read More »Ghanaian cocaine trafficking gang arrested and jailed in UK
A joint operation by Ghanaian security officials and their counterparts from the United Kingdom has led to the arrest of a gang of drug traffickers. The suspects are; Eric Kusi Appiah, 51; Albert Kaakyire Gyamfi, 52; Jennifer Agyemang, 38 years; and Julius Tetteh Puplampu, 56 years. The arrest led to …
Read More »Boy, 15, shot dead in Cape Town gang violence
A 15-year-old boy was gunned down in gang violence in Bramble Way in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, on Saturday night. Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said the boy was killed at around 19:30 by an unknown perpetrator. No arrests have been made. Traut added: We have reason to believe the incident …
Read More »Police arrest gang leader in Nima violence
One of the leaders in the gang violence that erupted in Nima last month has been arrested by the police. Violence erupted on the streets of Nima and its environs in Accra on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. The incident that had machete-wielding young men take over the streets in a …
Read More »VIDEO: Shatta Wale leads gang to assault road Engineer for not extending road to his office
Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has allegedly led a gang to assault a supervisor at a road construction site at Adjiringanor in Accra for not extending the road to his office. According to the engineer, Kennedy Acquah, Shatta Wale had on Saturday sent a delegation to workers on the site to …
Read More »Fake currency gang busted by National Security
The National Security has busted a 13-member gang suspected to be involved in the printing and distribution of fake currency notes to unsuspecting victims, mostly foreign nationals. A statement issued by the National Security Secretariat, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the gang, led by one Yassei Alia, …
Read More »Nigeria gang leader behind school kidnapping shot by rivals
IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionStudents abducted from a school in Nigeria’s Katsina state were returned to their families after one week A notorious gang leader behind the abduction of more than 300 students in Nigeria in December has been killed by a rival gang, officials say. Auwalu Daudawa was reportedly ambushed while …
Read More »17-year-old girl gang raped to death
A 17-year-old girl identified as Minette Fotsting is reported to have been raped to death by unknown men in Douala, Littoral region of Cameroon. It was gathered that the teenager fondly called Kitty, was found in critical condition beside a construction site in Logpom district not far from her family …
Read More »Kwahu Afram Plains: Residents arrest member of Highway robbery gang
A notorious highway robbery gang terrorising commuters in Kwahu South, Kwahu Afram Plains North and south and its environs in the Eastern Region struck again Saturday morning. The robbers numbering four attacked four vehicles transporting traders at gunpoint at Kweklu community along the Nketepa road at about 7:00am. The Assembly …
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