Crime

Kasoa teenage ‘killers’ to appear in court today

Two teenagers, who allegedly murdered a 10-year-old boy at Lamptey Mills in Kasoa in the Central Region on Holy Saturday, are to appear before...

Man who murdered wife, left body by refuse dump for 3 weeks haunted to confess

A 22-year-old man who was initially arrested for stealing a motorbike has also confessed to killing his wife. Isaac Larbi, stunned the Kwabenya Police when...

Paramount Chief blames armed robbery attacks on violent movies

The Paramount Chief of the Builsa Traditional Area in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region, Sandem-Nab Azaksuk Azantillow, has attributed the...

Rampant robberies: 26-yr-old man shot dead at fuel station [Photos]

A 26-year-old man has been shot dead by armed robbers at a fuel station in Akyem- Osiem in the Eastern Region on Monday evening. The...

Man allegedly lynched for stealing pregnant goat

The Nsawam District Police Command has arrested two suspects following the death of a man accused of stealing a pregnant goat. Police say the suspects,...

Asamankese: Taxi driver gunned down at police checkpoint

A 33-year-old taxi driver has allegedly been gunned down by a soldier near police checkpoint at Asamankese in the Eastern Region in a timber...

Mother of boy murdered at Kasoa speaks [Video]

Mother of a 10- year-old boy, who was murdered for rituals at Kasoa Lamptey in the Awutu Senya East Municipality in the Central Region,...

12 inmates pour hot porridge on cop to escape Accra police cell

Some 12 suspects are on the run in Ghana’s capital Accra after they escaped from jail in a violent breakout that left a police...

New twist to Kasoa ‘sakawa’ murder

Police in the Central Region are on a manhunt for a fetish priest who allegedly instigated two teenagers to murder a 10-year-old boy for...

Covid-19: 4 accused of stealing vaccines granted bail

Four persons accused of stealing and selling vials of COVIDSHIELD have been granted ¢80,000 bail each by an Accra Circuit Court. They are: 37-year-old Disease...

‘Sakawa’ boys allegedly kill 10-year-old boy for rituals at Kasoa

Two young men, aged 18 and 19, have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 10- year-old boy for rituals. The sad incident happened at Kasoa...

Father in police grips for allegedly raping daughter, niece and step-daughter at Kasoa

A 53-year-old man has been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor Circuit Court at Kasoa, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the...

Man murdered, body dumped in Juaboso stream

A man, believed to be in his forties, has been allegedly murdered and his body dumped into a stream in the Juaboso township. The...

C/R: Pastor, three others arrested for attempted grave robbery

A pastor and three others have been arrested at Abura Batayaa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region for attempting to...

UEW: Thief forced to sing hymn after he was caught on campus [Video]

The singing ability of a thief was put to a test after he was caught by students at the central campus of the University...

Former beauty queen shot dead in her car [Photos]

A former Nigerian beauty queen and doctorate student from Philadelphia has been shot dead while sitting in her car in front of her family's...

52 suspected criminals arrested; 44 motorbikes impounded in police swoop [Photos]

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 52 suspected criminals with 44 motorbikes impounded ahead of the Easter Holidays. This was in a four-hour dawn...

Ex-convict jailed for stealing from Police station

A 40-year-old ex-convict, who stole a mobile phone from a Police station, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in hard labour by the...

Attorney-General honours Attorneys in the Takoradi missing girls’ case [Photos]

In recognition of their meritorious service and outstanding display of professionalism in the prosecution of the case, the Republic vs. Samuel Udeotuk Wills and...

Thief who sold phone for GH¢ 80 sentenced [Photos]

A 20-year-old herdsman, Ibrahim Lobbol, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for stealing an Infinix mobile phone. The prosecutor in the case, Chief Inspector...

Suspect who burnt girlfriend’s son to death pleads guilty

A man, suspected to have murdered his girlfriend’s 10-year-old stepson by setting fire to a house at Meduma in the Ashanti Region,...

Kasoa: Armed robbers shoot man at bus stop; bolt with brown envelope

Armed robbers have killed a man and bolted with his brown envelope at Kasoa Opeikuma bus stop in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. The robbers...

SHS student allegedly commits suicide at Abura

A final year Senior High School (SHS) student has allegedly committed suicide at Abura, a suburb of Cape Coast Metro in the Central Region. Muhammad...

Security man walks away after armed robbers raid ATM at shopping mall [Watch]

Mayhem was witnessed in a shopping mall when some armed robbers raided the premise. A security officer is captured on CCTV gently walking away from...

Trader jailed for biting off police officer’s finger

A 25-year-old trader, who bit off the finger of a Police Officer during an arrest, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an...

Two arrested for allegedly purchasing G-3 ammunition, possessing marijuana

The Oti Regional Police Command has apprehended two suspects who were reportedly buying G-3 ammunition and had in their possession wraps of dried leaves...

Opuni, others opt to file submission of no case

Dr Stephen Opuni, a former Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), and two others, have opted to file a submission of no case...

Two arrested at Worawora for allegedly buying ammunition

Two persons are in the grips of the Worawora police in the Oti Region for allegedly buying ammunition and possessing dried leaves suspected to...

Man inflicts deep cutlass wounds on son over food [Photos]

A 45-year-old man, Kwame Kuli, is in police grips for inflicting deep cutlass wounds on his son over food at Atonsu Junction in...

Major Mahama case: Crucial evidential video to be shown in court

An Accra High Court, hearing the case of the alleged murderers of the late Major Maxwell Mahama, will on April 12, 2021, show in...

Another man allegedly beats wife to death; secretly deposits body in morgue

Police in Denu has arrested Mr Gali Golo, a 38-year old fisherman for allegedly beating his wife, Madam Beatrice Logosu, 34 to death.His arrest...

Walewale Police arrest 3 suspected robbers

The police at Walewale in the North East Region has arrested three suspected robbers believed to have attacked motorists on the Walewale-Zangum road. The robbers...

Man lynched for stealing GH¢800

A man, only identified as Awuni, has been lynched by residents of Maakro, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region for stealing GH¢800.00. The...

I killed my mother because my pastor said she’s a witch — Suspect

A 30-year-old woman, Blessing Jimoh, has been arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly killing her mother, Ijeoma Odo. According to...

Teenager trapped inside church after robbery attempt goes wrong [Photo+Video]

A fearless thief, identified as Agyasuo, got trapped inside a church after his robbery attempt went wrong. Agyasuo is said to have targeted a Catholic...

Mum woke to find burglar staring at her before saying ‘sorry, wrong house’

A mum-of-two woke up to find a burglar standing at the bottom of her bed before he 'realised' he was in the wrong house...

Landlord convicted for failing to construct household toilet

A coca farmer and landlord, George Yibor, has been convicted by a Hohoe Magistrate Court over his refusal to construct a household toilet. Mr...

Massive protest hits India as police allegedly kills Nigerian, stabs another

A 43-year-old Nigerian national died after allegedly being hit on the head by a policeman in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar on Sunday. The man,...

Alleged ‘girlfriend killer’ applies for bail

Philip Caesar Kumah, the man alleged to have beaten his girlfriend to death has applied for bail at the Ho High Court after appearing...

Robber attacks siblings, rapes one at knife-point

Two female siblings were traumatised after they were attacked and one of them raped at knife-point at Sefwi Boinzan in the Juaboso District. The...