Crime

Akuapem Poloo’s child thinks his mother is on ‘location’ – Lawyer reveals

Legal Counsel for actress Akuapem Poloo has revealed her seven-year-old son does not know her mother is in prison. Andrew Kudzo Vortia said they have...

Nigeria: Two drug traffickers excrete 191 pellets of cocaine, heroin at airport

Two suspected drug traffickers intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, have...

Ghana arrests 9 suspected Nigerian jailbreakers

Nine persons suspected to be inmates of a Nigerian prison who recently broke jail have been arrested in Ghana at Ada Foah. According to the...

Linda Dor rest stop turns into nightmare for travellers as thieves raid VIP bus [Video]

The usual stop travellers make at Linda Dor Rest Stop at Bunso Junction off the Accra-Kumasi highway turned into a nightmare when passengers onboard...

Security alarm system foils bank robbery

An attempt by suspected robbers to break into the GCB Bank branch at Fise Junction, near Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region at dawn...

Woman incurs wrath of traditional council over stolen sheep

Residents at Tapa-Abotoase in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region have handed over a woman to the traditional council for allegedly stealing two...

Goat thief nearly lynched at Atoma [photos]

A 28-year-old man, Isaac Ampeh has escaped lynching at Atoma near Jeikrodua in the Central Region for allegedly stealing goats and sheep. According to reports, the...

Retired teacher allegedly arrested for sexually abusing his daughter

A retired teacher, Seth Kwadwo Dese, 69, who is alleged to have sexually abused his teenage daughter over the past two years, is helping...

Canadian girls kidnapping case: Audio recording played in court

An audio recording was played in the trial of the four persons who allegedly demanded $800,000 ransom from the parents of two Canadian girls...

230 suspected criminals, sex workers arrested at Soldier Bar

Personnel from the National Police Operations have arrested 230 suspected criminals and commercial sex workers at the environs of Soldier bar at the Kwame...

Dr Stephen Asare writes: Fundamental misunderstanding of Section 280

There is a fundamental misunderstanding of section 280 of the criminal code which provides that “Whoever publishes or offers for sale any obscene book,...

Why Akuapem Poloo was given a custodial sentence

Ghanaian Actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, known in showbiz circles as Akuapem Poloo, was Friday slapped with a 90 days imprisonment for the publication of...

Akuapem Poloo’s lawyer reveals next line of action [Video]

Lawyer for actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, says he will appeal against the 90-day jail sentence of his client. "For...

Driver and his mate jailed for assaulting a passenger

A driver and his mate who assaulted a passenger onboard their vehicle, have been sentenced to a total of four years imprisonment by the...

Land guards meet their match at Fetteh as one receives gunshot in his neck

One person is in critical condition after a gun battle ensued between construction workers and a group of armed men believed to land guards. The...

SHS student jailed 10 years for defiling 18-month-old twins

The Cape Coast Circuit 1 has sentenced Patrick Nyarko, a student of Assin Manso Senior High School to 10 years imprisonment for defiling 18-month-old twins. The...

Operation Vanguard destroys 56 changfang motors at Amantin

The “Operation Vanguard 17 Taskforce” stationed in the Western Region has destroyed 56 Changfang motors at Amantin in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality during its routine...

Police assures public of safety in Western Region

The Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Felix Fosu-Agyeman, has said the command will not leave any stones unturned in ensuring sufficient measures are in...

Bus carrying 260 slabs of ‘weed’ busted by Bono police

Two male suspects, aged 32 and 37 have been arrested by the Bono regional police command with 260 yellow compressed slabs suspected to be...

Kasoa ‘ritual’ murder: Prof Naana Opoku-Agyemang calls for speedy trial

The 2020 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has called on the police to speed up investigations into...

Takoradi daylight robbery: Suspect shot dead, another arrested [Video]

A 30-year-old man identified as Shankiki suspected to be part of a four-member gang who robbed a couple at Takoradi market circle has been...

Manager jailed 15 years for squandering company’s funds on betting

A mother broke into uncontrollable tears at the Hohoe Circuit Court last Wednesday when her son, a 31-year-old fuel station supervisor, was handed a...

Murder of girlfriend: Bail application of accused deferred

A Ho High court, deferred to Thursday, April 15, its ruling on a bail application by Philip Caesar Kumah, 20, who allegedly beat his...

SHS student jailed 15 years for robbery

The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old senior high school student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, who was...

Bolgatanga: Mortuary man saves boy who was seconds away from being deposited in morgue

A Senior Mortuary Attendant at the Bolgatanga Hospital, Alhassan Azaare Daniel, has recounted how he saved the life of a 9-year-old boy who was...

50-year-old man stabbed to death in Oti

A 50-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his cousin during a family disagreement at Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Oti...

Five suspected baby thieves detained after failing to pay bail

The Bibiani Circuit Court has granted bail to five suspected baby thieves at Sefwi Punikrom. Paulina Owusu 26, Stephen Owusu 32, Sampson Addai 33, Kofi...

This is how much power distributors lose to illegal connections annually

Illegal connections in Ghana’s electricity distribution system are denying electricity distributors more than GH¢1.3 billion annually. The loss constitutes an average extra cost of 15Gp...

Man stabs Chief Imam

The police in Niger state has arrested Umar Jibril, popularly known as Ba’adama for stabbing the Chief Imam of Edati to death. The suspected allegedly stabbed...

Man allegedly stabs cousin to death at Jasikan

Residents of Buem Bodada in the Jasikan district discovered the lifeless body of a carpenter identified as Francis Brown, Wednesday morning. The deceased was...

GH¢10,000 bounty placed on ‘head’ of Takoradi daylight robbers

The Western Regional Security Council has offered a GH¢10,000 bounty on the ‘head’ of suspects involved in a daylight robbery at Takoradi. The amount will...

Two arrested for possessing 260 packets of cannabis

The police in the Bono Region have arrested two men for allegedly transporting 260 packets of compressed dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The...

‘Trotro’ somersaults on knocking down robbers at Sowutuom

The bravery of a commercial vehicle (trotro) driver has led to the arrest of two robbers at Anteku, a suburb of Sowutuom. According to police...

Apam funeral attack: 26 land guards arrested

Some 26 persons, said to be land guards, have been apprehended by the police at Apam in the Central Region. This follows an attack on...

Ex-convict, friend bag 34 years for Robbery

 An ex-convict, identified only as Isaac and his friend, Yussif Mumuni, have been sentenced to a total of 34 years imprisonment in hard labour...

Police grab wanted robbery suspect at Oda

A suspected armed robber, who has been on the wanted list of the Accra Regional Police Command, has been arrested at Oda. He allegedly confessed...

Kente weaver beaten, slaughtered with axe

A 30-year-old man has been murdered at Ntonso in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The Kente weaver, whose name was only given...

Sekondi-Takoradi records 3 robbery cases in 3 days; residents in fear

Some residents of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region say they are living in fear after recording three robbery cases in three days. According to them,...

Angry Pokuase residents chase Benin nationals after mysterious death of 4-yr-old boy [Video+Photos]

A man, believed to be a Beninois, has been arrested while others are on the run following the murder of a four-year-old boy, Kevin...

Fetish priest in court for dealing in fake money

A Koforidua Circuit Court, presided by Mrs Mercy Adei-Kotey, has granted bail to a fetish priest in the sum of  150,000 Ghana cedis with...