Crime

Wereko-Brobby condemns ‘I’ll show you where power lies’ style of arrests

Chief Policy Analyst at the GIPO, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, has condemned how the Police in the past few weeks has applied certain laws, particularly...

Man arrested for exhuming queen mother’s corpse to steal beads

A 45-year-old man, Kojo Essel, has been apprehended by the residents of Ekumfi Gyankoma for allegedly exhuming a Queen mother's corpse. Mr Essel was nabbed...

Pray for us – Robbers tell passengers after VIP bus operation

Five armed robbers wearing masks with guns and other weapons have attacked over 40 passengers onboard a VIP bus with registration number GT 5795-16. Reports...

12 Nigerians arrested for cyber fraud at Bole

Police in Bole in the Savannah Region have arrested 12 persons on suspicion of cyber fraud. The 12 are believed to be Nigerians residing at...

Drinking spot operator inflicts cutlass wound on customer over balance

A 63-year-old man, Akwasi Appau, is battling for his life after his friend inflicted cutlass wound on him over balance at Assin Ninkyiso in...

Western North Region: Police arrest three notorious armed robbers

The Western North Police Command on Friday, February 18, 2022, through intelligence operation, arrested three notorious armed robbers, Abiaw Reuben alias Ayile Baako, Kwabena...

Court sentences unemployed for mobile phone theft

The District Magistrate Court at Enchi has sentenced Raymond Donkor, 19, unemployed, to a fine of GH¢600 or in default, serve six months in...

How US-based Ghanaian laundered over $35m in ‘sakawa’ and other fraud schemes from Ghana

The US Department of Justice has released details of how a Ghanaian based in Fredericksburg in Virginia laundered over $35m in romance scam and...

70-year-old man commits suicide

A 70-year-old man has died after he reportedly jumped into a well at Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North municipality of the Eastern Region. ...

63-year-old jailed 18 years for defiling great-granddaughter

A 63-year-old farmer, Isaac Appah, who defiled his 12-year-old greatgranddaughter at Twifo Hemang in the Central Region, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment...

Supermarket thief filmed while stealing drink into his trousers [Video]

The image of a well-dressed shoplifter is in circulation after the shop owner released footage of him pilfering. The man, whose identity is not immediately...

Man, 62, shoots himself in the mouth

A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele, has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The incident...

Woman sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for stealing a baby at Akyem-Bodua

The Asamakese Circuit Court has sentenced a 33-year-old woman to seven years imprisonment for stealing a baby at Bodua, a town near Akwatia in...

Commercial driver jailed 15 years over incest

Kwame Karim Tetteh, a 52-year-old commercial driver who had sex with his 14-year-old daughter at Pig Farm, an Accra suburb, has been sentenced to...

Lamashegu shooting: Court remands police officer

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded General Corporal Samson Kweku Darfour, the police officer who allegedly shot 24-year-old Rahman Jibril who was driving the...

Illegal Blood Sale: Ghanaians share horrifying experiences

Some Ghanaians have shared their experiences on extortions they suffered in their quest to get blood for relatives who were in dire need at...

Farmer attempts suicide after shooting wife over sex

A 31-year-old farmer has been nabbed by the Adansi Nyakumase police for attempting to kill his wife, 21-year-old Doris Amoah. Charles Soglo's defence is that...

Abronye hale and hearty – Nana B

The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), says the Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye...

Exposé on how National Blood Service syndicate illegally sell a pint of blood for ¢750 [Video]

A JoyNews’ and Corruption Watch investigation has uncovered the illegal collection of fees for blood supply by a syndicate operating within the National Blood Service...

Lamashegu: Irate youth set fire officer’s house ablaze [Video]

https://youtu.be/J7pIbNmelgc Some irate youth at Lamashegu in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region have set the house of a fire officer ablaze. The youth...

Robbers shoot MoMo vendor at Assin Nyankomase

A 27-year-old Mobile money vendor at Assin Nyankomase in the Central Region, Akwesi Baah, has been hospitalised after armed robbers attacked and shot him. Information...

Medical Laboratory Scientists disown woman in custody over abortion on minor

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) says they do not know 36-year-old Susan Owusu, suspected to have performed an abortion on a...

Jamestown: Police pursue youth who blocked high street for celebration [Video]

The Ghana Police Service is in search of some people who blocked the beach road opposite the Jamestown palace. The blockage, according to the...

Lamashegu shooting: Angry youth threaten to take revenge

Angry youth of Lamashegu in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region have threatened to take revenge over the police shooting. The youth made...

He did nothing wrong but was killed; I leave it to God – Father of teen who died in Lamashegu shooting

The father of the 18-year-old teenager, who died in the Lamashegu shooting in Tamale ,has expressed his anguish over the incident. Mr Hakim Yakubu said...

Police invite Abronye DC

The Accra Regional Police Command has invited the New Patriotic Party's Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC. The action is for Abronye...

Two KTU staff dismissed; 8 others suspended for embezzling over 600k

The governing council of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has dismissed two staff of the University for engaging in financial malfeasance. The council, as part...

Man, 51, arrested for defrauding Sawla View Hotel of ¢26k

A 51-year-old man has been arrested for defrauding Sawla View Hotel in the Savannah Region of an amount of GH¢260,000. Abdul Karim Saeed is said...

Drama in court as complainant pleads for reduction of accused’s sentence

There was drama at an Adentan Circuit Court on Friday when a complainant in a defilement case pleaded with the judge to reduce 13...

Man sleeping with his own sister kills her after she had sex with another man

A Texas man, who had been sleeping with his own sister, beat her to death with a baseball bat after he found out she...

EOCO, NLA to fight fraudsters robbing Ghana of millions of Cedis

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), in collaboration with the National Lottery Authority (NLA), is moving to fight the activities of fraudsters in...

Two arrested for stealing mattresses at Apiate Relief Camp

Two males in their early thirties have been arrested by the security agencies at the Apiate Relief Camp for allegedly stealing two mattresses. The...

Lamashegu clash: Six Police officers interdicted

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted six officers following a clash between the police and the youth of Lamashegu, a suburb in Tamale in...

One dead, 7 injured in clash between youth and police at Lamashegu

One person has been confirmed dead in the clash between the police and the youth of Lamashegu. Another seven people also sustained various degrees of...

#FixTheCountry convener not missing – Police

The Police have denied reports that #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, cannot be found. In a public notice on Saturday, February 12, the Police noted that...

Over 50 suspected criminals arrested at Tamale Aboabo forest [Photos]

As part of efforts to fight against crime, the Northern Regional police command has arrested over 50 suspected criminals at the Tamale Aboabo forest...

Mother jailed after boyfriend killed her son

A US woman, whose boyfriend killed her son while she was at work, has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Rebecca Hogue, 29,...

#FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor arrested

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested one of the #FixtheCountry Movement conveners, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. Mr Barker-Vormawor was arrested over a Facebook post...

Man, 22, tortured for allegedly stealing mobile phone

A 22-year-old man, Kojo Ampong, is in critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted for stealing at Enyan Denkyira in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam...

Two Cameroonians arrested for allegedly dealing in counterfeit cedis

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested two Cameroon nationals for allegedly dealing in counterfeit cedis. The two 37-year-olds were nabbed following a tip-off...