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The Police have arrested a man for staging a robbery attack with the plan to use a sum of GHS69,000 belonging to his bosses to travel abroad. In a statement posted on the official Facebook page of the Ghana Police Service, it says the suspect of the fake robbery attack …

The Ghana Police Service has said that its officers in the Upper East Region have shot and killed a suspected robber during a shootout at Nyariga Forest, near Bolgatanga. According to the Police, the suspected robbers, three in number, were engaged by its officers on patrol, in a shootout, after intelligence gathered …

The Ghana Police Service has announced that three persons sustained gunshot wounds following Tuesday’s attempted bullion van robbery. The Police through the intervention of an officer on duty successfully foiled an attempted bullion van robbery at Industrial Area, Accra, today. In a statement released via the official Facebook page of …

The Ghana Police Service has foiled a robbery attack on a bullion van at the Industrial Area in Accra. The police in a short notification on its Facebook page stated that suspects involved in the botched robbery incident are being pursued by the Anti-Robbery unit of the police. The police …

Two persons, who sprayed powered pepper into the eyes of a taxi driver in their bid to snatch his vehicle and rob him of money, have been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. The complainant George Obeng whiles struggling with the convicts, bit the finger …

A goat is in police custody in Nigeria on suspicion of attempted armed robbery of a Mazda 323. The incident in which a black and white beast was arrested took place in south western Kwara State according to local media reports. Vigilantes are said to have arrested the goat with …

The Police have shot four robbery suspects dead during a targeted intelligence-led operation on January 22, 2022, at Gbetsile near Afienya in Tema. The four suspects now deceased, were part of a robbery syndicate that snatched a Toyota Rav4 mini SUV vehicle from a victim under the pretext of selling …

The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old illegal small-scale miner to 15 years imprisonment for robbery at Betinko, near Nkawie, in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality. Alhassan Sammy was said to have attacked and robbed his victim together with other accomplices who are on the run, of his mobile …

Two young men are in the grips of the police for robbing a commercial motorbike rider in Kudzeagbakorpe, a community near Dzodze in the Ketu North Municipality. According to the Police, the suspects hired the services of the victim, Awudi Kwame, to transport them from Tadzewu to Ave-Dakpa on September …

The Ghana Police Service says is instituting measures to arrest a robbery gang responsible for some attacks recorded in the Greater Accra Region in recent times. The Police Service in a statement signed by the Director-General of Public Affairs, ACP Kwesi Ofori, dated September 24, 2021, further announced a reward …