Crime

Police hunt for Caprice robbers

The Police are pursuing a gang of armed robbers who attacked and shot a woman at Caprice in Accra on Friday 9th December 2022....

Woman shot in daylight robbery at Caprice [Audio+Video]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Daylight Robbery At Caprice A yet-to-be-identified woman has reportedly been shot in a daylight robbery at Caprice on the Circle-Nsawam Highway. The incident, according...

Galamsey: 2 miners arrested, 15 equipment destroyed

Two persons have been arrested and 15 Chanfang machines destroyed in a task force exercise against illegal mining on River Pra in the Eastern...

3-day-old baby found dead, body dumped in manhole

A decomposing body of a three-day-old baby has been found in a manhole at Oklu Nkwanta, a suburb of Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu...

Election violence: Police place GH¢100,000 bounty on Techiman South killers

The Ghana Police Service has announced a reward of GH¢100,000 for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators...

Marketing Officer granted bail over alleged stealing

A 27-year-old Marketing Officer, who allegedly stole an amount of GHS107,798.31, belonging to Duraplast Company has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Samuel...

Man, 27, arrested for shooting motor rider he hired

A 27-year-old young man, identified as Prince Yoma, has been arrested by the police at Sehwi for shooting a motorbike rider he boarded in...

Community Protection Assistants allegedly attack YEA Operations Manager

The Eastern Regional Operations Manager of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Samuel Kwame Kodua, narrowly escaped death after he was brutally attacked and had...

‘Ghetto’ set on fire as Police arrest suspected Indian hemp smokers

The Wenchi police in the Bono Region have arrested eight suspected Indian Hemp smokers and peddlers, in a swoop conducted in the Municipality on...

Three farmers arrested for eating suspected human meat

Three farmers from Nasoyiri in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region have been arrested by the Sawla police for eating suspected human meat....

Security man killed in fuel station robbery

Unidentified assailants, suspected to be armed robbers, have gunned down a security guard at the Mobik Energy Fuel Filling Station along the Tarkwa-Banso road...

Fake soldier arrested at Burma Camp

Military Police personnel have arrested one Rufai Abubakar for posing as a senior officer and trying to access a military installation inside Burma Camp. The...

Armed robbers shoot mobile money vendor; bolt with GHS 30,000

A mobile money vendor, Ebenezer Amoquandoh, is receiving medical treatment after sustaining gunshot wounds during a robbery attack. Ebenezer was shot when two armed men...

Man jailed for inconsiderate, reckless driving

Many commercial drivers have normalised, if not justified bribing police officers to get away with committing road traffic offences. A taxi driver, David Ayensu, who...

3 remanded over gold scam and robbery

Three accused persons standing trial for gold scam and robbery were on December 5, 2022 remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court. The...

Tracker exposes motorbike thief granted bail by court

A motorbike sprayer who was arrested through a tracker installed in a motorbike which he allegedly stole, is before court. Sulemana Haruna, 37, the accused person, was...

Ejura traditional council reaffirms intention to bar Fulani herdsmen

The Ejura Traditional Council has reaffirmed its decision to bar nomadic Fulani herders from entering communities in the traditional area with their cattle. Barima Osei Hwedie...

How man killed 2 persons after taking ‘wee’-laced ‘sobolo’ [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Family of man who killed 2 persons after taking 'wee'-laced 'sobolo' speaks Joseph Kumado, an uncle of a 22-year-old man who killed his...

Spiritualist, 2 others arrested in connection with robbery at Awutu Bereku

The Awutu Bereku District Police Command has arrested two suspected robbers and a spiritualist in connection with an attack on a 35-year-old woman at...

Two including Imam shot in mosque attack

Bandits have attacked a mosque in Maigamji village in Katsina State of Nigeria. An eyewitness, Alhaji Lawal Maigamji, said the bandits stormed the mosque during...

Woman shot as armed robbers attack Awutu Bereku residents

A 35-year-old woman is in critical condition after a robbery attack at Awutu Edahadaha, a suburb of Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West...

Fugitive arrested after commenting on ‘most wanted’ post made by police

A Georgia man assisted law enforcement in his arrest after he commented on the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page. The sheriff’s department, located east...

It was in self defence – Nigerian man who beheaded girlfriend at Spintex says

Daniel Dennis, a Nigerian man who beheaded his girlfriend at Spintex, has revealed he did it in self-defence. He disclosed this when he appeared...

Woman found hanging dead in uncompleted building

A 67-year-old woman, Antie Aba Yaa, has been found hanging in an uncompleted building at her own house at Nkusukum, a suburb of Mankessim...

Police arrest man in fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff

Police have arrested a man and charged him with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff. The 28-year-old Grammy-nominated musician was shot...

Man, 22, allegedly beheads grandfather and stepmother at Okorase

A 22-year-old man, known as Alex Tengeh, has been arrested by the Police in Koforidua after beheading his grandfather and stepmother at Okorase, a...

Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked and killed woman at Aprawhem

The Police have embarked on a special operation to arrest a gang of armed robbers who shot and killed a woman at Aprawhem in...

981 parcels of suspected marijuana intercepted near Burkina Faso border

A joint team of Immigration Officers and Formed Police Unit have intercepted 981 sacks of compressed substances suspected to be marijuana at Liero around...

Woman arrested for stealing wedding gown

A businesswoman, identified simply as J-tee, has been arrested by the police in Benin City, Nigeria for stealing wedding gowns. It was gathered that the...

Body of girl, 5, discovered in concrete used as a bedside table

A mum has been arrested after the body of her daughter was found set in concrete and used as a bedside table in her San Andrés,...

Farmer, 23, fined for assaulting nurse at Grupe

A 23-year-old farmer, Nuhu Seidu, who assaulted a male nurse at Grupe, a farming community in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region...

Ato Essien’s fate hangs as court rules on his case today

An Accra High Court is expected to give judgement in the criminal trial of founder and former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William...

Owusu Bempah, 6 others discharged but state pursues matter before High Court

An Accra Circuit Court has discharged Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry and six others. Rev. Owusu Bempah and the...

Suspected armed robber killed in fierce gun battle with police

A suspected armed robber has been killed in a gun battle with the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Ghana Police Service. The deceased was...

One killed in robbery attack on Bimbilla-Accra road

One person is reported dead following an armed robbery attack on a group of traders on a bus en route to Bimbilla in the...

Sad as Nigerian man allegedly beheads his girlfriend at Spintex [Video]

https://youtu.be/fIFRy8jk-d8 A young Nigerian man has been picked up by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly beheading his girlfriend at Spintex. According to reports, the man...

Five remanded over unlawful possession of police uniforms, weapons

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded five persons into police custody over an alleged unlawful possession of police uniforms and weapons.  The accused persons: Felix...

Omanhene, MP vow to prevent mining in Asante Mampong

The chiefs and people of the Asante Mampong Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region have decided not to allow any mining activity on their...

Manasseh mounts witness box as trial of ex-PPA boss begins

Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has mounted the witness box to testify as the first witness for the Special Prosecutor in the case in...

Thieves break into church; steal offertory, instruments, communion wine and other items

https://youtu.be/_z4dZuYEC1s Thieves have raided the Kingdom Witness Church at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. They made away with...