Crime

Barber vising friend on remand arrested with drugs

A barber, who went to visit his friend on remand at Baatsona Police Station, has ended in Police cells for possessing drugs. Abdulai Hamza was...

Wa killings: 18 suspects arrested

Some 18 persons have been arrested by the Upper West Regional Police Command for their alleged involvement in the killing of 11 persons in...

GAF clears air on ‘soldier’ who stole GHS23K

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has described as an impostor, a man in military uniform, Private Asare Boateng, who stole GHS23,000 from a civilian. GAF...

Mankessim murder: Suspects should be sentenced to death – PNC

The People's National Convention (PNC) is advocating for death penalty for suspects found guilty of ritual murder. This move, it explained, is to serve as...

Fetish priest jailed for possessing counterfeit money

Koforidua Circuit Court has sentenced a 43-year-old fetish priest to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for possessing counterfeit money in an attempt to...

Court remands 3 KNUST students over campus violence

The Asokore Mampong District Court, on September 23, 2022, remanded into Police custody three students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...

Man allegedly shoots ex-wife to death [Video]

https://youtu.be/QbA9WVVQu7I A middle-aged man, identified as Kwame Amankona, has killed himself after reportedly shooting his ex-wife to death at Kutre No. 2 at Berekum of...

Huang, accomplices use ‘WeChat’ for galamsey activities – AG tells court

It has been discovered that Chinese galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang and her accomplices, have been using ‘WeChat,’ social media platform for their correspondence regarding...

Mankessim: How chief, sister’s fiancé killed 22-year-old lady

Details of circumstances that led to the gruesome murder of 22-year-old Georgina Asor Botchwey at Mankessim have popped up in court. Miss Botchwey, who...

5 land guards arrested at Gomoa Nyanyano

Gomoa Nyanyano District Police Command has arrested five suspected land guards for allegedly terrorising developers with the aim of collecting digging fees. The suspects...

Chief, pastor who allegedly killed and buried 22-year-old lady remanded

The Cape Coast District Court 2 has remanded the Tufohene of Ekumfi Akwakrom, Nana Onyaa Clark, and one other suspect in connection with the...

Mankessim murder: Victim’s mother shares their last conversation

Grace Andoh aka Akua Anoah, the mother of a 22-year-old lady gruesomely killed and secretly buried at Mankessim in the Central Region, has expressed...

Wa killings: Another suspect arrested

Another suspect has been arrested in connection with the serial killings that hit Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region. The suspect was reportedly apprehended...

Cedi depreciation: Over 70 ‘black market’ dealers arrested [Video]

https://youtu.be/MzVBnFRR2e8 A joint operation by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Ghana Police Service has led to the arrest of over 76 illegal foreign...

Shocking details emerge about pastor arrested over murder and secret burial of trainee nurse at Mankessim

It has been revealed that the pastor arrested in connection with the murder and secret burial of a 22-year-old lady at Mankessim is the...

Galamsey: Assembly member, 4 others arrested; 300 Chanfans destroyed

Five persons, including the Assembly Member for the Kotokuom Electoral Area, Akwasi Poku, have been arrested in connection with illegal mining activities in some...

Chief who allegedly killed, secretly buried trainee nurse at Mankessim arrested [Video]

https://youtube.com/shorts/8muuX5mWkKA?feature=share The Central Regional Police Command has arrested Nana Clark Onyaa for his alleged involvement in the murder and secret burial of a 22-year-old aspiring...

Chop Bar Operator arrested over stolen pregnant goats at Nkurakan [Photos]

A 37-year-old chop bar operator at Nkurakan, a town in the Yilo Krobo Municipality, is in the grips of the New Juaben District Police...

Man jailed for inflicting cutlass wounds on cousin over missing fish

The Koforidua Circuit Court “A” has sentenced a 52-year-old Private Security guard, Daniel Addy, to eight(8) years imprisonment in hard labour for inflicting severe...

Driver’s mate jailed 18 months for stealing ¢500 worth mobile phone at Teshie

A 27-year-old driver’s mate has been jailed for 18 months by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing an Uber driver’s phone valued at ¢500...

Another male body recovered in Wa

Police on Monday night recovered the body of another male adult at Bamahu, a suburb of Wa in the Upper West region. The special...

Sad scenes from residence of nursing student killed and buried by pastor and chief at Mankessim [Video]

https://youtu.be/w3euSMXsPN8 Residents of Yeji in the Bono East Region have been thrown into a state of mourning and shock following the death of a 22-year-old...

3 dead, others injured in shooting incident at Bawku

Three persons have been confirmed dead in a shooting incident at Bawku in the Upper East Region. The incident, which occurred on Monday night,...

Galamsey: Reverend minister, one other granted GHc4m bail

The High Court in Accra has granted bail in a combined sum of GHc4 million to Reverend Minister – Rev Wallace Dela-Brown and one...

How body of aspiring trainee nurse was discovered

A pastor is in the grips of the Mankessim Police in the Central Region after confessing to the kidnap, killing and secret burial of...

Police place ¢100k bounty on Wa killers’ heads

The Police Administration has announced a GH¢100,000 bounty reward for any person who can offer information that will lead to the arrest of masterminds...

Human eyes, tongue were put in rubber bag – Wa Central MP shares harrowing experience

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa Central, Dr Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has condemned the recent serial killings in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa,...

Prime suspect in connection with Wa murder arrested

The Police have arrested one person believed to be the prime suspect behind the Wa murder case. The suspect, identified as Kankani Adongo, was...

Gomoa East Assembly bans land guard activities

The Gomoa East District Assembly has banned all land guard related activities and collection of digging fees from developers with an immediate effect. The...

Security man allegedly defiles 8-year-old girl in Tamale

A 30-year-old private security man has allegedly defiled an eight-year-old girl in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. The suspect has been identified...

Dampare heads to Wa over recent murders

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has visited Wa in the Upper West Region. This comes on the back of reports...

3 arrested for smuggling Cocobod, PFJ fertilisers

Three persons are in the grip of the police for their alleged involvement in the re-bagging and illicit smuggling of government-subsidized fertilisers. They were picked...

Student escapes from suspected kidnappers at cemetery at Bole [Video]

https://youtu.be/2ZHBwQmZwmM A 20-year-old student of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Bole in the Savannah Region has escaped a kidnap attempt. The suspects, according...

Elubo chief, brother remanded over ‘galamsey’ activities

The Sehwi Magistrate court, presided over by his worship Lawrence Buenor Bue, has remanded the chief of Sehwi Elubo, Nana Anim Baffour and his...

Illegal miner drowns in attempt to flee arrest

An illegal miner has drowned at Achiase –Atuntuma in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region in an attempt to flee from arrest...

KMA disassociates itself from assault on trader

Management of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has disassociated itself from an assault on a petty trader in the area. According to the KMA, the...

Man allegedly poisons himself after wife denied him sex

A 40-year-old trader, identified as Nana Sammy, has committed suicide by drinking a full bottle of weedicide after his wife reportedly denied him sex...

JoyNews’ ‘Smugglers Paradise’ exposes customs officers aiding smugglers to loot over ¢300m at borders [Video]

JoyNews will on Monday, September 19, release yet another riveting exposé on how some senior customs officials connive with smugglers to transport thousands of gallons...

Mireku Duker’s impersonator jailed after pleading guilty in court

An Information Technology (IT) Specialist with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Gabriel Gyamara Sarpong, has been sentenced to 15 months in jail...

4 arrested with 328 bags of smuggled fertiliser at Samreboi

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has arrested four persons for possessing about 328 bags of ‘Cocoa Eduane fertilisers ‘ unlawfully at Samreboi in the...