Crime

Photos: Passenger shoots robber dead; gang members flee for their lives

The highway robbers always carry pistols when travelling on that stretch of roadOne robber was shot dead The rest of the robbers managed...

Banker in court for stealing GHC 62,000 from customers

A teller at the Kejetia branch of CAL Bank who forged the signatures of two customers and withdrew large sums of money from their...

Auto mechanic and accomplice granted bail for assault

A Ho Circuit Court has granted bail to Emmanuel Tsikata, an auto-mechanic and his accomplice, Michael Ameshie, an Agro Chemical distributor for assaulting one...

I arranged my kidnap to help my husband raise money – suspect

A middle aged woman, Yemi Samuel on Wednesday explained that she arranged her own kidnap in order to raise money from family members to assist her...

Audio: Man arrested for poisoning landlord’s 16 cats

The Korle-Bu Police command has arrested a restaurant operator, identified as Prince Damoah, for allegedly poisoning his landlord’s 16 cats at Korle-Gonno, a suburb...

Suspected child thief arrested at Sabon Zongo in Kumasi

The Manhyia Divisional Police in Kumasi has arrested a suspected child thief for attempting to steal a seven-year-old girl at Sabon Zongo in Kumasi. It took the...

Woman found dead in hotel room

A 50-year-old man, Charles Sakyi, has been detained by the Ntotroso Police in the Ahafo Region after a woman he was with in...

Angry residents abduct policeman over arrest of suspect (Audio)

Angry residents of Bone Behenase of the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti region have reportedly kidnapped a policeman who was with his colleagues in...

Photos+Audio: ‘Rosewood Queen’ Helena Huang recaptured after jumping bail

Chinese national, Helena Huang, who jumped bail after her arrest for smuggling four containers of Rosewood from Tamale, was on Tuesday re-arrested and sent...

Photo: Fetish priest robbed; son, driver kidnapped

Police in the Eastern region have arrested three persons who allegedly robbed a fetish priest and subsequently kidnapped his son and his driver. They...

Robbery cases reduced drastically under NPP govt – Minister (Audio)

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery says armed robbery cases in the country has reduced drastically as compared to previous years. According to him, the country recorded a...

Five suspects arrested in Daboya over kidnapping

A five-member suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Daboya-Damongo Police command for their alleged involvement in the kidnap of a 14-year-old-boy at Singa,...

Police process two boys for court for feigning kidnappings

Two boys in the Upper East Region are to face the law for faking their kidnapping.According to the Upper East Regional Police Commander, DCOP...

Painter, 24, gets seven years for defilement

Godwin Feda, also known as "Papa Zey’" a 24 year old painter has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling an eight year...

Medical report of accused in minor’s murder ready

The medical report of Lucas Agboyie, the Togolese national standing trial at an Accra High Court for defilement and murder of a seven-year-old girl...

Woman found dead in drain; police arrest boyfriend, one other (Photo)

The Eastern Regional Police Command has initiated investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of a 21-year-old woman at Agormanor in Krobo-Odumase, whose...

Operation Vanguard arrests 15 Chinese linked to illegal mining

Members of the Operation Vanguard taskforce stationed at their Forward Operating Base in the Western Region on Saturday apprehended 15 suspected Chinese illegal miners...

Boyfriend of ‘murdered’ teacher, friend arrested in Odumase

Police in Odumase has apprehended two persons in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old teacher at Agormanya in the Eastern Region.  The suspects, Kwao Noah,...

Zoe pastor picked up by police

Police investigators have begun looking into how scores of investors got their monies locked up with EL Real Estates and Tikowre Capital. The owner of...

Sanitation offenders fined GHC 2,400

The La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly Sanitation Unit has sued Madam Hawa Mohammed (62), whose tenants dumped solid waste material into a gutter in front...

Farmer jailed for attempting to sell his two friends

A 25-year-old farmer, who allegedly offered his two pals for sale at a total sum of GH¢81,000.00 has been sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in hard...

Police probe murder of 15-year-old SHS student

The Ejisu Divisional Police Command has commenced investigations into the murder of a 15-year-old Senior High School (SHS) student at Ejisu Gyamasi in the...

Suame Magazine: Police beef up security as Nigerian traders resume business

Nigerian traders have resumed business Saturday after days of agitations, between them and their Ghanaian counterparts in the spare parts market at Suame Magazine.  Speaking...

Police condemn assault on officer by angry youth

The Ghana Police Service has condemned the assault on one of its officers in Accra by some motorbike riders. The incident occurred on Friday...

Gospel Artiste, brother Sammy arrested over HIV/AIDS drugs

Gospel Musician, Brother Sammy has been arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police to assist in investigations over selling of unapproved products on social media. The...

Photos+Audio: Grandmother burns granddaughter with heated stone at Kasoa

An eight-year-old girl has sustained injuries on her jaw and face after her grandmother reportedly burnt her with a heated stone at Kasoa Gada...

Most wanted thief in Cape Coast arrested

A man said to be the most wanted thief in Cape Coast has been arrested in Takoradi in the Western Region where he had...

Man arrested for assaulting traffic warden

One person has been arrested following the assault of a traffic warden who tried to stop a funeral cortège from blocking the main road...

Policeman escapes lynching by angry Muslim youth

A group of angry Muslim youth on Friday nearly lynched an officer of the Ghana Police Service at Abossey Okai while they were heading...

15-year-old SHS student murdered at Ejisu Gyamasi

A 15-year-old Senior High School (SHS) student, Ms Linda Asante, has been murdered by some unknown persons at Ejisu Gyamasi in the...

Police rescue 29 Togolese nationals from suspected human traffickers

The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command in the Central Region has rescued 29 Togolese nationals from suspected human traffickers. The victims were being transported in...

Ex-convict baby thief arrested at New Edubiase

A 32 year- old woman, Ernestina Gordor, also known as Patience Gordor has been arrested by the Agona Swedru Divisional Domestic Violence and Victim...

Kumasi Kidnapping – two more suspects remanded

Two persons, allegedly involved in the kidnapping of the two Canadians in Kumasi, were on Tuesday remanded, when they appeared before an Accra High...

Court remands mason for causing harm to wife

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 35-year-old mason for allegedly using a mallet to inflict several wounds on his wife’s head and hand. Prince...

Pastor, another in trouble for allegedly swindling 23 church members

The founder of Jesus is the Solution Chapel International, in Tema, in the Greater Accra Region, and the Administrator of the church is being...

One killed in clashes between rival gangs at Achimota (Audio)

A man was on Tuesday night stabbed to death at Achimota following a clash between two gangs. The deceased, identified only as Starboy, was...

‘Show us this idiot’: Nigerian community wants to meet suspect in missing Taadi girls case

The Nigerian community in Ghana has offered to assist police to find the missing Takoradi girls by speaking to the key suspect, a Nigerian...

Two teenagers remanded into Prison custody for robbery

Two teenage boys who attacked and robbed a barber at Kronum in the Suame Municipality, have been remanded into prison custody by a Kumasi...

Unemployed in police grips for stealing phone

Christopher Ahi, 19, unemployed, is in the grips of the Ho Municipal Police for allegedly stealing a mobile phone belonging a student...

Police arrest three for possessing ammunitions

Police in Atebubu in the Bono East Region have arrested and place in custody three young men for possessing ammunitions without authority. They retrieved 128...