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Nursing mother arrested for allegedly inflicting blade wounds on 5-year-old in Bole

A 35-year-old nursing mother and seamstress has been arrested by the Bole District Police for allegedly inflicting blade wounds and applying pepper on a...

Okada rider remanded over alleged theft 

A 24-year-old Okada rider has been remanded into police custody by the Toase District Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for allegedly causing unlawful damage and stealing at the Afari...

Police probe violent clash at Drobo Traditional Council Palace

The Bono Regional Police Command has launched investigations into an incident of unlawful damage to property at the Drobo Traditional Council Palace in the...

Arabic teacher declared wanted for defiling two minors at Fijai Zongo mosque

The Western Regional Police Command has declared a man named Sule Anas wanted in connection with the defilement and unnatural carnal knowledge of two...

PID, DOVVSU rescue 5-year-old girl sold by alleged child trafficking syndicate within Kasoa

The Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) of the Central East Regional Police Command, in collaboration with the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) in...

Landlord allegedly kills tenant over 30 cedis electrcity bill dispute at Medie Ketewa

Residents of Medie Ketewa, a community in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, have been left in shock following the alleged...

Family of murdered Momo vendor gives IGP 14-day ultimatum, or they’ll occupy Ketu police command

The family of the late Christopher Ahordo, a mobile money vendor, who was murdered in April 2025, has given the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)...

Suspects arrested in NACOC anti-drug raids in Accra and Oti

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a number of suspects and confiscated quantities of illegal drugs following a series of coordinated anti-narcotics operations...

Soldier, 5 security operatives granted GH¢2m bail over alleged assault

The Accra Circuit Court One has granted bail of GH¢2 million each with three sureties to a soldier and five security operatives accused of...

Abu Trica released after meeting bail conditions

Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica, a suspect indicted for his alleged involvement in romance scams and money laundering, was released from custody...

Man, 25, jailed for defiling 10-year-old girl at Awutu Adawukwa

A 25-year-old man, identified as Stephen Kweku Darko, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court for defiling...

2026 BECE: Four teachers convicted and fined GH¢3,000 each for malpractices in Twifo Praso

Four teachers have been convicted for their involvement in irregularities and examination malpractices in the Twifo Praso area of the Central Region. They are said...

Suspect arrested in murder of car dealer found burnt at Atomic Junction

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of 27-year-old car dealer, Yaw...

Three arrested in connection with international child sexual abuse material investigation

The Ghana Police Service has arrested three Ghanaians over their alleged involvement in the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material following a...

Hemang youth hunt for man accused of defiling teenage boys after police bail

Tension is mounting in the Hemang community in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region as some angry youth launch a manhunt...

Police Inspector interdicted and remanded over alleged robbery

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has interdicted a police inspector stationed at the Asuoyeboah Police Station over his alleged involvement in a robbery attack...

Tamale Police probe alleged assault, blackmail and circulation of woman’s nude Video

Police in Tamale in the Northern Region have begun investigations into the alleged assault, filming and attempted blackmail of a young woman after her...

Suspected narcotics worth GH¢200,000 seized as Police arrest 50 in Accra

About 50 suspects have been arrested by the police following an intelligence-led anti-narcotics operation conducted on May 7, 2026, at the Madina Market enclave...

Three more arrested over murder of Indian national as Police recover iPhone buried in bush

The Ghana Police Service has arrested three additional suspects in connection with the brutal murder of Sain Devendra Kumar, an Indian national whose body...

Court denies businessmen bail in Gh¢49m gold fraud 

Two businessmen accused of involvement in a GH¢49,595,816.00 gold fraud have been refused bail by the Accra Circuit Court Nine.  Kenneth Torbizo, 49, and Ernest Kofi Nyatorgbe, 37, pleaded not guilty...

Court remands two over unlawful possession of arms

The Accra Circuit Court One has remanded two men over alleged unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.  The pair, Musah Aguruba, a carpenter, and Issah Awuni, a...

Man lynched in Kpandai over witchcraft accusation

The family of a 33-year-old man allegedly killed over accusations of witchcraft at Tengelento-Buradeni in the Kpandai District of the Northern Region is demanding...

Two cocoa clerks arrested for allegedly short-changing farmers in Dormaa

The police have arrested two cocoa Purchasing Clerks (PCs) in the Dormaa Municipality of the Bono Region for allegedly short-changing cocoa farmers. The suspects, Robert...

2026 BECE: Five arrested over exam malpractice – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council has confirmed the arrest of five individuals for examination malpractice in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across...

Four killed, others injured in separate robbery attacks in Bono East, Northern Regions

Four people have been killed and several others injured in two separate armed attacks in the Bono East and Northern regions, prompting the Inspector-General...

Two shot dead as suspected robbers ambush police during investigation to retrieve buried illegal weapons

The police have killed two suspected armed robbers who led them to a site at Yizesi, near Fumbisi in the Upper East Region, to...

Two arrested in Kintampo with suspected cannabis worth over GH¢100,000

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two men in the Bono East Region for possessing suspected narcotic substances, following a routine patrol that led...

Banker in court over GH¢12m theft from customer’s account granted bail

A relationship manager at a private bank, Christopher Arthur, has been arraigned before a Circuit Court for allegedly stealing GH¢12 million from a businessman...

Kumasi-based beautician allegedly beaten to death by boyfriend secured space for Accra branch 3 days before death

It has emerged that a 33-year-old popular beautician who was allegedly beaten to death by her businessman boyfriend had secured a space in Accra...

Man fined GH¢2,400 over derogatory remarks against Akim Oda MP 

The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region has fined a 37‑year‑old man GH¢2,400 for making derogatory remarks against the...

FDA seizes over 5,000 packs of unapproved baby diapers in Tamale crackdown

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated more than 5,000 packs of unapproved baby diapers during an enforcement operation in the Tamale Metropolis,...

Three arrested as Police retrieve cash and suspected cocaine in Accra

The Ghana Police Service has picked up three suspects following a targeted narcotics operation in Accra, carried out after receiving intelligence on a planned...

23-year-old illegal miner found dead at Akontanim

A 23-year-old man, Kwabena Agyei, suspected to have been involved in illegal mining activities, locally known as galamsey, has been found dead at Akontanim...

27-year-old man arrested with AK-47, ammunition near Bawku

A 27-year-old man is in police custody in the Upper East Region after a military patrol recovered an AK-47 assault rifle and 31 rounds...

Two jailed up to 30 years for robbery at Obuasi; accomplice remanded

The Ghana Police Service has secured the conviction of two robbery suspects at the Bekwai Circuit Court in connection with a violent robbery at...

Woman, 25, in court for stealing baby at Bogoso

A 25-year-old unemployed woman, Helena Aba Kwansah Abakah, who allegedly stole an eight-month-old baby boy and circumcised him, has appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit...

Three students remanded over alleged armed robbery

Three Level 400 students of the University for Development Studies (UDS) have been remanded into police custody for their alleged involvement in an armed...

Nigerian woman captured in viral video wearing police uniform arrested

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a Nigerian national, Esther Obasi, following the circulation of viral videos in which she was seen wearing Ghana...

Nkawie Court remands 30-year-old mason over shop burglary at Mpasatia

The Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region has remanded a 30-year-old mason into prison custody for unlawful...

Mobile money vendor robbed at Ziope 

Two unidentified men, one wielding a firearm and firing warning shots, have robbed a mobile money vendor at Ziope in the Volta Region, making away with...