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Driver who crashed police officer at Apam checkpoint arrested

The Central Regional Police Command has detained a 50-year-old driver for running over one of its officers at a snap checkpoint at Apam. In an interview with JoyNews, the Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP Irene Serwaa Opong said Francis Akese who was driving a KIA truck with registration …

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Police officer arrested for helping thief acquire gun license

The North East Police Command has arrested the Nalerigu Station Officer for facilitating the illegal acquisition of a gun license for a suspected thief on trial at the Nalerigu District Court in the North East Region. Inspector Felix Gbekle’s case is under investigation but preliminary findings show that he used …

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Police Officer, 2 Others Remanded Over Murder Of Cabbie

General Lance Corporal Bright Akosah, who allegedly shot and killed a taxi driver at Adjin Kotoku after robbing him of his vehicle, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court. Akosah, who was in dock with Ebenezer Tetteh, a trader, are facing a charge of conspiracy to commit crime, to …

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Two Police officers die in separate crashes while on duty

Two Police officers have died in two separate fatal accidents in Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region and Walewale in the North East Region. Both incidents occurred Friday, September 18, 2020. Thirty-year-old Lcp Joseph Yankey of the Oda District Police Command died after he crashed a motorbike into a stationery …

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Police officer chews and swallows bar manager’s ear over cost of alcohol

A police officer has allegedly bitten off and chewed the ear of a drinking bar manager at Sefwi Amoaya in the Bodi District, Western Region. The incident is said to have occurred after a short confrontation between the police officer and the bar manager over unpaid drinks the former consumed …

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Police officer jumps traffic light; crashes Pentecost Elder

The Presiding Elder of Pentecost International Worship Center(PIWC) in Koforidua, Eastern Regional Capital, Frederick Darfuor, escaped death Sunday morning in a near-fatal side collision accident while on his way to Church. A Police officer yet to be identified allegedly jumped traffic light at Galaway near the Regional Police Headquarters and …

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Traffic officer killed, body dragged 200m by taxi at roadblock

A taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly killing a traffic officer in a hit-and-run incident in Cape Town. Deon Sampson, 46, died after being dragged nearly 200m by the vehicle. He had stopped the taxi at a vehicle checkpoint on Spine Road on Friday night, said police spokesperson Sergeant …

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Police Commander who organised birthday party amid coronavirus transferred

The Donkokrom District Police Commander, Superintendent Emmanuel Yao Gadikor, has been transferred by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) less than 48hours after holding a birthday party at Presidential Lodge flouting Covid-19 preventive etiquette. He has been transferred to Bunkrugu-Yunyoo in the Northern Region as District Commander. He is among …

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Custom Officer Stationed At Aflao Dies in an Accident

    A Custom Officer stationed at Aflao in the Volta Region has died in an accident in the Eastern Region. The deceased Custom Officer Alexander Atiso, 30, was in charge of Toyota Matrix Car with registration number GR-3100-09 driving from Kumasi towards Accra. However on reaching a section of …

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