Crime

Police arrest woman who tried to smuggle "wee" wrapped in banku to inmates

A woman who tried to smuggle dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp to some inmates at the Accra Central Police Station has been...

Mother, 3 others arrested for killing supposed ‘evil child’

Four persons have been arrested by police at Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region for allegedly killing a child accused of possessing an evil...

Man remanded for stealing soldier’s phone, cash

A man accused of robbing a soldier of his iPhone and cash of GH¢600.00 at gunpoint has been ordered by a Kumasi Circuit Court...

Lawyer gives up on seven ‘killers’ of Major Mahama

A lawyer representing 14 persons indicted for the murder of military officer, Major Maxwell Mahama, has given up on some of the accused persons...

Convict with few hours to leave prison nabbed with drugs

A serving convict who had few hours to leave prison has been nabbed for allegedly possessing a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be...

Avcontech Ghana installs CCTV Cameras at Tesano Police Station

The Tesano District police commander, Superintendent Edward Tetteh has expressed his gratitude to the Chief Executive Officer of Avcontech Ghana Limited, Nana Kweku Ofori...

Mobile money teller shot dead by robbers in Ashanti Region

A 31-year-old Mobile Money operator has been shot dead by some unknown assailants at Kronom-Kyeraasi in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region...

Three illegal miners arrested, 1000 Chang fa Platforms seized

In all, three suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Operation Vanguard Taskforce in collaboration with the National Small Scale Miners. More than one...

2 fetish priests DIE after drinking ‘poisoned’ Akpeteshie

Two fetish priests have reportedly died at Berekum Senase after drinking locally brewed gin, Akpeteshie served them at a fetish festival. Three others are also...

Fake lawyer arrested as he attempts to amateurishly move motion in court

A fake “Barrister”, Chris Elisha, who had been practicing as a lawyer for the past fifteen years without being spotted has been arrested by...

Court punishes irresponsible father

The Kumasi District Court Two, presided over by Madam Christiana Eyiah-Donkor, has punished a 38-year father for child non-maintenance. Yaw Korang, a driver, has refused...

Fake military officer sentenced to two years imprisonment

A man, arrested for parading himself as a military officer and duping a lady of her cash of GH9,000.00 has been sentenced to two...

Court remands waiter for robbery

An Accra Circuit has remanded one Emmanuel Nyidewu, a waiter in Police custody for alleged robbery. The accused person, who pleaded not guilty, would reappear...

HOT AUDIO: Man arrested with human head

A 23year-old man has been arrested for allegedly offering fresh human head for sale at Bogoso in the Prestea Huni-Valley District in the Western...

Armed robbers shoot mobile money vendor

A Mobile Money vendor was on Tuesday afternoon shot at Bomso in the Oforikrom Constituency of the Ashanti Region following an attempt rob him. An eyewitness who...

Policeman charged with attempted robbery

A Policeman and his two accomplices now at large, who attempted to rob an Uber taxi Service driver of his vehicle at gunpoint has...

Man jailed 5 years for sodomy

A Tarkwa Circuit court has sentenced a twenty-year-old illegal miner to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour for having anal sex with a 20-year-old...

PHOTOS+HOT AUDIO: Highway robbers rob, strip passengers at Ojobi

A gang of masked armed robbers, on Sunday dawn, embarked on a robbery spree at Gomoa Akotsi-Ojobi and Gomoa fetteh in the Central Region,...

Police retrieve human head from shrine, arrest 4 suspects

The police have uncovered a shrine where it is suspected that some criminals fortify themselves before undertaking their illegal operations. Four persons were arrested at...

Court sentences 3 robbers to 90 years

Three armed robbers have been sentenced to 90 years in prison by the Kumasi Circuit Court. The convicts, Dramani Seidu, 24; Richard Banyima, 25, and...

21 recruits nabbed with fake certificates

Twenty-one prospective police recruits undergoing screening at the Koforidua Police Training Centre in the Eastern Region have been arrested for allegedly presenting forged documents, and...

PHOTOS: Police officer takes GHS10,000 to free robbers

A police officer has confessed to taking GHS10,000 from a parent of one of two robbers, who were jailed for a robbery incident. Read also:...

PHOTOS: Police officer detained over death of girlfriend

A police officer with the Konongo Divisional Taskforce has been detained over the death of his girlfriend. Sergeant Bright Opoku was picked up following the...

Photos: Bukom Banku’s car crashes into Sprinter; many injured

A Toyota Corolla saloon car belonging to boxer, Brimah Kamoko, popularly known as Bukom Banku has crashed into a Mercedez Benz Sprinter bus in...

Three jailed 90 years for robbery

Kumasi Circuit Court 3 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 sentenced three accused persons Joseph Gyimah 21, Richard Banyiwa 25 and Dramani Seidu 24 to...

Robber shoots robber over booty at Oda

AT A GLANCE Two robbers had attacked a man and his girlfriend and robbed them of GHȻ2,910, mobile phones and other belongings The sharing of...

Three employees of Ghana Highway Authority charged with stealing GH¢1,288,824

Three employees of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) in the Brong-Ahafo region have been arraigned before a Sunyani High Court, Commercial Division “A” for...

Photos: Kwabenya police killing: 2 convicted after confessing to crime

Two of the three suspects who escaped from the Kwabenya Police station while in custody have been convicted by an Accra Circuit Court. Prince Osei...

PHOTOS+VIDEO: : Fake Army captain arrested

A self-styled military captain, Prince Ferguson Essel, 27, has been arrested by some army personnel and handed over to the Nsawam police command in...

Revealed: Bread seller aided Kwabenya jailbreak

A bread seller near the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters is alleged to have aided the jailbreak that led to the shooting and killing of...

Photos: Man bathed with hot water over ECG bill

A 35-year old man has been bathed with hot water at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The victim, Mr....

Mastermind of Kwabenya police station attack identified

Police have identified the mastermind of the deadly armed attack on the Kwabenya police station last week. The police detectives investigating the attack say Nana Owuo,...

One week memorial held for slain Kwabenya Police officer

One week memorial service and commemoration is currently underway for the slain police officer, Inspector, Emmanuel Ashilevi. It was a day of sorrow when mourners...

Kwabenya police attack: Cop killer arrested

The Police administration has announced the arrest of a key suspect in the attack on the District Police Station at Kwabenya leading to the...

Security man gets 10 years for robbery

A private security man, Nii Noi Nortey, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra circuit court for robbery. The...

PHOTOS: 3 arrested for supplying weapons to criminals

Three men have been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command for allegedly trading in weapons, and hiring same to criminals in Kasoa and...

AUDIO: Kwabenya residents attack police for not allowing them to lynch robbery suspects

Residents of Kwabenya in Accra have clashed with the Police in the area last Friday over what must be done to some suspected robbers. The...

IGP places ¢15,000 bounty on Kwabenya jailbreakers

The Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu has placed a ¢15,000 bounty on the head of the Kwabenya jail breakers. In a press conference on...

HOT AUDIO: Kwabenya police station attack: Two fugitives arrested

The Ghana Police have arrested two of the seven suspects who escaped from the Kwabenya Police cell on Sunday dawn, the Inspector General of...

2 grabbed with human skull

THE POLICE in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region, are said to be holding two young boys who were in possession of a...