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Four arrested over robbery attack on okada rider at Fomena

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four persons in connection with a violent robbery attack on a commercial motorbike rider at Fomena in the...

Former Asokore Mampong MCE, 8 others arraigned over alleged land fraud

Nine people, including former Asokore Mampong Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Alidu Seidu, have been granted bail by the Kumasi High Court over their alleged...

Two arrested in connection with Effiakuma viral video

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects captured in a viral video physically assaulting two teenagers, a male and female aged 13...

Seven arrested over fake electronic traffic violation scam

The Ghana Police Service’s Intelligence Directorate has arrested seven individuals over their alleged involvement in a scheme that issued fake electronic traffic violation notices...

Two in court for allegedly robbing Yango driver

Two persons have been arraigned before a Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly robbing a Yango driver of his mobile phone and GH¢1,500 at...

Suspects identified as Police confirm arrest over assault on Obrachire SHS student

The Central Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three students in connection with the assault of an Obrachire Senior High School student,...

Athletics clash: CID boss gives SWESBUS headmaster 24 hours to produce culprits

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Lydia Yarkor Donkor, has directed the Headmaster of Swedru School...

Ex-soldier, pastor jailed for death of man over alleged fake GH₵50

A retired military officer, Joseph Abusah, and a pastor, Benjamin Kofi Agbetiafah, have been convicted by the High Court in Accra for manslaughter over...

Pharmacist arrested for alleged assault on medical officer over drugs   

The Kumawu District Police have arrested Kofi Dougan, a pharmacist at the Kumawu Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region, for allegedly assaulting a medical...

Alleged killer of Gen. Constable Seth Oppong-Damoah re-arrested

Abdul-Aziz Iddrisu, also known as Baaluuse, the alleged killer of General Constable Seth Oppong-Damoah, has been re-arrested. A police brief issued on Tuesday said that...

Suspected drug kingpin arrested with large quantities of narcotics in Berekum

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspected drug dealer following an intelligence-led operation at Nyamebekyere, a suburb of Berekum in the Bono Region. The...

Trader who posed as soldier at 37 Hospital granted GH¢10k bail  

The Adabraka District Court has granted a GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties to a 34-year-old trader accused of posing as a military officer to impress a...

Man, 42, arrested in connection with murder of Policeman at Zebilla

The Ghana Police Service has arrested one person in connection with the robbery and murder of a police officer at Zebilla in the Upper...

Head porter charged over mobile phone theft

Stephen Owusu, a head porter, has appeared before the Adabraka District Court for allegedly stealing two mobile phones at Darkuman in Accra.   Owusu is alleged to have snatched the...

Woman killed on church premises at Twifo Denyase

The community of Twifo Denyase Camp in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region has been left reeling after a 62-year-old woman was...

Two KIA staff granted bail for theft of 160 litres of diesel

The Kotobabi District Court on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of GH¢10,000, with two sureties each, to two workers of the Kotoka International...

Nurse in court over alleged GH¢257,000 UK visa fraud

A 34-year-old male nurse has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting GH¢257,000 under the pretext of securing a United Kingdom visa...

Police on manhunt for rider who abandoned arms and ammunition

The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for a motor rider for allegedly transporting arms and ammunition to Kpandai in the Northern Region. The...

Trader, 55, jailed 12 months for assault 

A Gender-Based Violence Court in Accra has sentenced a trader to 12 months’ imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl at Abossey Okai. The convict,...

Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit destroys seized illicit drugs

The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service in the Ashanti Region has destroyed a large quantity of seized narcotic substances as...

Driver’s mate jailed 36 months for stealing

A 27-year-old driver’s mate, Emmanuel Mensah, alias “Toxic,” has been sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment by the Kwadaso Circuit Court for stealing. Mensah pleaded guilty...

Gomoa Wassa chiefs angry with Police over release of assassination suspects

Chiefs and residents of Gomoa Wassa in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region have expressed outrage at the Gomoa Dawurampong Divisional Police...

Three arrested in Ketu South for illegal fishing 

Three persons have been arrested at Agavedzi in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region for their alleged involvement in illegal fishing activities along the...

13 sex workers arrested in Tamale made to clean market

About 13 women arrested in Tamale during a security operation targeting prostitution and drug-related activities have been made to sweep parts of the central...

52 foreigners arrested in Northern Region over human trafficking, cybercrime

Fifty-two foreign nationals have been arrested by National Security operatives in the Northern Region over their alleged involvement in crimes, including human trafficking, cybercrime,...

Unlicensed lab technician arrested at Mamprobi

The Allied Health Professionals Council has arrested Enoch Oduru for operating as a laboratory and scan technician at Step to Christ Hospital in Mamprobi...

19-year-old sentenced for stealing co-worker’s cash, mobile phones  

A 19-year-old young man, Prince Bentum, who stole his co-worker’s GH¢5,000 and two mobile phones, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the Tarkwa...

Court remands GPHA staff over stolen tugboat

An Adenta Circuit Court has remanded a staff member of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) into police custody over the alleged theft of...

Aide to NTMT boss arrested amid intensified crackdown on illegal logging

An aide to the Director of the newly inaugurated National Timber Monitoring Team (NTMT), identified as Edem, has been arrested by the Tepa Police...

One arrested; 46 foreigners rescued in suspected QNET scam at Buduburam

The Central East Regional Police Intelligence Department has arrested one suspect and rescued 46 victims, including a child, in a major operation targeting an...

Sefwi Bodi Circuit Court jails 20-year-old man for 30 years over robbery

A 20-year-old convicted robber, Maxwell Awuni, popularly known as Y2K, has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Sefwi Bodi...

Alleged national security operative in court over GH¢500k car auction fraud

A 55-year-old man has appeared before an Adenta Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of GH¢500,000 under the pretext of securing an auctioned...

Tema Circuit Court remands two narcotic suspects

Two suspects arrested by the Tema Regional Police Command with 1,613 parcels of suspected narcotic substances have been remanded into police custody by the...

IGP’s team nabs drug suspects in Tamale swoop; seizes cash, narcotics

An operation by the IGP Special Operations Team in Tamale has led to the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of illicit drugs...

Police seize over 1,600 parcels of suspected narcotics on Akosombo-Tema road

A coordinated police operation on the Akosombo–Tema route has led to the interception of 1,613 parcels suspected to contain narcotic drugs, marking one of...

Court grants bail to Oyarifa apartment fire suspects

An Adenta Circuit Court has granted bail to two persons accused of setting fire to a two-bedroom apartment at Oyarifa Anointed Down, Accra. The accused,...

Man remanded for alleged murder of girlfriend at Awutu Yamoah Nkwanta

The Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court has remanded into police custody, Moses Ganyo who allegedly murdered his girlfriend at Awutu Yamoah Nkwanta in the Awutu...

Nine remanded for assault on police officers in Ashanti region

The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded into prison custody nine people arrested in connection with the assault of police officers at Tweapease Senior High...

Seven notorious highway robbers arrested (Photos)

The Accra Regional Police Command, working together with the Eastern Regional Police Command, has arrested seven alleged members of a highway robbery network suspected...

Key suspect in GHC7.5 million Adabraka jewellery shop robbery remanded

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded the key suspect arrested in connection with a daylight robbery at a jewellery shop at Adabraka in 2024. The...