The Mile Seven Police Command have arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped his daughter and pretender she was missing. The suspect Kojo Dyunie, an undertaker, age 33, whose accomplice is currently at large was said to have kidnapped the victim, Dzifa Dyunie, who was living with a guardian at Lapaz-Tabora …
Read More »Youth besiege Essiama police station after officers allegedly shoot and kill resident
A 33-year-old Andrews Donkor is believed to have been killed by security personnel at Nkroful during an attempt to disperse an agitated crowd who massed up in front of the Nkroful District Court after some 28 illegal small scale miners (galamseyer) were brought to the court. According to an eyewitness, …
Read More »Police officer found dead in his room
A 44-year-old Personnel of the Eastern Regional SWAT of the Ghana Police Service ,Sergeant Emmanuel Asiedu has been found dead in his room at Agyeiwaa Lodge, a surbub of Koforidua in Eastern region. The cause of his death is not yet known. The body has been deposited at the Eastern …
Read More »VIDEO: Dawhenya residents clash with soldiers, police over land
Residents of Dawhenya have threatened to fight military and police personnel for destroying property on their lands. According to the residents who spoke on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Friday, the service personnel had been pestering them since 2016 but they managed to stop them. However, in the second week of …
Read More »Police Service to address poor retirement conditions of officers
The Police administration through the Welfare Department is embarking on sensitization workshops to address retirement challenges police officers encounter after exiting the service. Many police officers retire poorly due to improper pension plans resulting in depression, drunkenness, and in some cases suicide. To address these challenges, the Police administration through …
Read More »Community Police Assistant jailed for fraud, impersonation
An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old Community Police Assistant (CPA) to four years imprisonment over charges of impersonation and defrauding by false pretences. Mark Apiu is said to have collected ₵12,000 from a finance officer to enlist the officer’s sister into the Ghana Police Service but failed to …
Read More »Police rescue four-year-old abducted girl
The police in Akwa Ibom State said they have rescued a four-year-old girl abducted from her school in the state. The police identified the girl’s school as Methodist Township Primary School in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom State, SP Odiko Macdon, …
Read More »Elmina police chase ritualist over live burial of 2-yr-old boy
Officers at the Elmina District Police Command of the Ghana Police Service are on the heels of a spiritualist by name Kweku Bar for directing a family to bury their 2-year-old son alive. The boy is said to be suffering autism and was sent to the spiritualist for healing at …
Read More »Intensify police patrol at night to help curb crime in Sawla – Residents appeal
Residents of Sawla in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region have asked the police to intensify night patrol in the town to curb the rising insecurity in the District. Speaking to GhanaWeb, they maintained that the presence or visibility of the police patrol at vantage points at night will be …
Read More »Textiles Ghana MD dismisses workers with Police escort
The Managing Director of Textiles Ghana Limited, Fatoumata Doro, appears to be on sacking spree of workers in the company. This is after the workers and management had met with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and there was a directive that the manager should resume work. The workers demonstrated against …
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