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Three arrested with 5,950 slabs of Indian hemp on Volta Lake 

The Eastern North Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the transportation of 5,950 compressed and some non-compressed leaves suspected to...

Mentally challenged man beheads caretaker in Tema

A 35-year-old mentally challenged man, whose name has only been given as Ali, has murdered a 56-year-old man at the Tema main harbour railway.Ali...

Mahama orders immediate security reinforcement in Bono East

President John Dramani Mahama has instructed the Interior Minister and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to urgently deploy more security personnel to the...

10 foreigners arrested for suspected Cybercrime activities in Weija

The Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service has arrested ten people for cybercrime-related activities at Weija in the Greater Accra Region. The suspects were...

Prime suspect in UEW lecturer’s murder remanded

The Winneba Magistrate Court has remanded into police custody Joshua Karry Arthur, the prime suspect in the murder of Professor Mawuadem Amedeker, a senior...

NACOC arrests 46-year-old woman, seizes 30 slabs of cannabis

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a 46-year-old Ghanaian woman and intercepted 30 slabs of suspected cannabis weighing 16.4 kilograms. The suspect was arrested...

Police Constable allegedly defrauds 197 in recruitment scam

An Achimota District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of General Constable Samuel Appiah, with Service Number 58577, for allegedly defrauding...

7 convicted for robbery and murder of former Sogakope Assembly Member

The Ho High Court has convicted and sentenced seven individuals in connection with the 2020 robbery and murder of former Sogakope Assembly Member, Mawutor...

26 arrested for drug-related offences in Aflao

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested 26 individuals linked to drug-related offences around the Aflao border in the Volta Region. The suspects were apprehended...

Aflao MoMo vendor’s death: 65-year-old father of key suspect arrested; 8 now in custody

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of another suspect in connection with the robbery and murder of mobile money vendor Christopher Ahordor...

Robbery gang jailed over major attacks in Accra

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of a five-member robbery gang responsible for two major attacks in...

Woman who stole church TV at Military Barracks jailed 12 months

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a 50-inch television at the Teshie Military Barracks in...

Police nab another suspect in Aflao Momo vendor murder

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested an additional suspect in connection with the robbery and murder of mobile money vendor Christopher Ahordor at...

Two face court over forged Judicial Service documents and stamps

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly forging judicial documents, bank stamps, and an indenture. Richard Aryee, who is unemployed, appeared...

Amasaman Court jails car thief 5 years

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a Toyota Corolla S valued at...

One arrested after missing UEW lecturer is found buried at Effutu Gyahadze

A lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Amedeke of the Chemistry Department, has been murdered and buried in his residence at...

Murder of Sogakope Assembly Member: Mason jailed for life, 2 others get 94 years

Five years after the assembly member for Sogakope, Mawutor Adzahli, was robbed and shot dead at his residence by gangsters, the ringleader, Richard Adikyere,...

Hajia4Reall to be released today after serving one-year jail term in US

Ghanaian socialite and musician Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia 4Reall, is set to be released from the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia...

Walewale: Two arrested for stealing immigration officer’s pistol

Police in Walewale have arrested two young men for allegedly stealing an immigration officer's pistol and ammunition. The suspects have been identified as 18-year-old Mohammed...

OKESS student, stepfather granted GH¢80,000 bail

A District Court in Mamponteng, in the Kwabre East Municipality, has granted bail in the sum of GH¢50,000 to a student of the Osei...

Trader in court over 500-gallon cooking oil fraud

A trader has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting GH₵242,500 under the pretense of supplying 500 gallons of cooking oil but...

Togolese robbery suspect referred for psychiatric evaluation after allegedly eating his own faeces

A Togolese robbery suspect has been referred to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for a comprehensive mental evaluation after exhibiting signs of coprophagy — a...

FDA destroys GH¢522k worth of expired products in Upper East

The Upper East Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has safely disposed of expired, unwholesome, unregistered, and non-conforming regulated products worth...

14 granted GH¢350,000 bail each over galamsey at Akyem Muoso

The Koforidua Circuit Court B has granted bail to 14 individuals arrested for engaging in illegal mining, locally known as galamsey, at Akyem Muoso...

16-year-old SHS student arrested with locally made gun

A 16-year-old student of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region has been arrested for possessing a locally manufactured gun without...

Police impound fuel tanker filled with cocoa beans

The police in the Volta Region last Tuesday (May 13) intercepted a petrol tanker traveling from Madina in Accra to Jasikan, which was found...

Woman busted with fake aphrodisiacs appears in court

A Circuit Court at Denu Torkor in Aflao has granted bail to Hawa Fuseini in the sum of GH¢70,000 for importing non-compliant pharmaceutical products...

Abesim Murder Case: Prosecution to call first witness on June 3

Prosecution will on June 3 call its first witness in the case involving Richard Appiah, accused of murdering two children at Abesim in the...

Two women arrested with 1,650 slabs of Indian hemp in their home at Nkawkaw Ampekrom

The Eastern North Police Command in Kwahu Mpraeso has arrested two women with 1,650 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp at their...

4 arrested over killing of Mobile Money vendor in Aflao

The Ghana Police Service has arrested four individuals in connection with the murder of a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Aflao in the Volta...

Cashier jailed for betting away employer’s GH¢8,575

A 23-year-old cashier has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Kaneshie District Court One after pleading guilty to stealing...

Driver in fatal accident granted bail

The Kaneshie District Court One has granted bail in the sum of GH¢70,000 with two sureties to a driver who allegedly knocked down and...

Environment rehabilitation officer to spend 20 years behind bars over defilement

The Circuit Court in Tarkwa has sentenced an environment rehabilitation officer to 20 year’s imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old girl at...

FDA and collaborators at the Aflao border nab woman with fake aphrodisiacs

Officials from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and their collaborators at the Aflao border have arrested Hawa Fuseini, a passenger on a Nagode...

Man arrested with cache of ammunition, military gear in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 25-year-old man with a cache of weapons, ammunition, and military-style gear near the Asankare Police barrier in...

Koo Fori pleads not guilty to $50k fraud, granted ₵320k bail

Ghanaian comic actor Koo Fori, known in private life as Samuel Seth Kwabena Kyere Karikari, has pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding a...

Father jailed 10 years for impregnating 15-year-old daughter

The Circuit Court at Tokor in the Ketu South Municipality, presided over by Joseph Ofosu Behome, has sentenced a 36-year-old father to 10 years...

Man arrested in Akatsi for possessing Indian hemp [Photos]

The Ghana Police Service, through an intelligence-led operation, has arrested a suspect for possessing 92 slabs of a substance suspected to be Indian hemp.The...

Three armed robbers jailed over iPhone theft

The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced three individuals to a combined total of 19 years’ imprisonment for their involvement in a violent robbery near...

ECG staff allegedly dupes Dambai residents over GH₵14k in fake meter registration scheme

A staff at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Keh, at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality, has duped some 1,479 individuals worth...