Crime

Man jailed 10 years for possessing 55 wraps of ‘weed’

A 24-year-old apprentice has been sentenced to a prison term of 10 years in hard labour for possessing 50 wraps of Indian hemp. Emmanuel Adjei,...

3 illegal miners arrested in Anhwiaso-East Forest Reserve

 A timely intervention by the Rapid Response Team of the Forestry  Commission has led to the arrest of three persons at the Anhwiaso-East Forest Reserve in...

Operation Vanguard arrests 20 suspected illegal miners in Eastern Region

Operation Vanguard personnel in the Eastern Region on Sunday morning at about 02:00 hours arrested 20 suspected illegal miners during a search operation in the general...

Photos+Audio: Woman, 22, found dead in lover’s room

A 22-year-old woman, identified as Vera Adu, has been found dead in her boyfriend’s room at Adu Gyemfi near Sowutwom in the Greater Accra...

Policeman was killed with heavy object, not gun – Report

Preliminary police reports in the killing of Corporal Bernard Antwi, 37, at Manso Abodom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti region are indicating that...

Chief Justice dismisses Hajia Fati’s petition

The Chief Justice (CJ), Sophia Akuffo, has dismissed a petition filed by beleaguered New Patriotic Party (NPP) sympathizer, Hajia Fati. Hajia Fati has, through her lawyers, petitioned...

Ghana seeks extradition of Nigerian kidnap suspect

The Criminal Investigations Division (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has begun a process for the extradition of Chika Nnodim from Nigeria to Ghana...

Two chiefs arrested in Savannah Region

Police have arrested eight suspects including two sub-chiefs believed to be behind attacks on  Birifos' chief's Palace at Tatulma, a suburb of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba...

Court jails 6 men who flogged boy in viral video, fined GHC1,200 each

A Magistrate court in Enchi in the Western North Region on Thursday, August 22, 2019 has sentenced six men who mercilessly flogged a young...

22-yr-old habitual thief returns to jail

A 22-year-old habitual thief at Toase in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, who have been convicted and jailed several times by the Nkawie Circuit Court,...

Photos: Slain police officer laid to rest in Tamale

Sergeant Agatha Nana Nabin has been laid to rest in Tamale after her murder while on duty on July 30. The burial service for the...

Video: NDC Primaries: Two delegates arrested in Sunyani West

Police in Bono Regional Capital of Sunyani have arrested two National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates at the Sunyani West polling station. The delegates, whose...

Clash between Operation Vanguard and youth leads to death of 2

A clash between the youth at Denkyira Ayanfuri in the Upper Denkyira West Municipality in the Central region and members of the Operation Vanguard...

It was 419, I did not mean to rob her – Suspect

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 44-year-old trader into police custody for allegedly robbing a businesswoman. Ebenezer Larbi pleaded not guilty to conspiracy...

Dismissed police officer among arrested robbers

It has been established that one of the three suspected armed robbers paraded Friday at the Koforidua Central Police Station is a dismissed Police...

Murdered Policewoman promoted posthumously

The Inspector-General of Police (Ag), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has promoted posthumously Corporal Agatha Nana Nabin to Sergeant in recognition of her act of bravery,...

Gun-toting men snatches NABCo Coordinator’s official vehicle

Three masked men, wielding AK-47 riffles, have attacked the Northern Region Coordinator of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCO), Yahaya Abdul Rahman. His official vehicle, a...

UEW impasse: We were naïve – Avoke apologises, begs for Napo’s intervention

The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke has apologised to the Education Minister for undermining the process of...

Police retrieve stolen AK-47 riffle, 3 persons arrested

The Police in Accra have retrieved one AK-47 riffle and 19 of the 20 rounds of ammunition stolen from the Akporman-Manna Police post at...

Donkomi: Popular lawyer asks 10 questions

The Popular United States of America-based Ghanaian lawyer, Professor Kwaku Asare, known in social media circles as Kwaku Azar, has asked ten questions he...

Boy, 16, remanded for sodomising five-year-old boy

The Ajumako Magistrate Court, presided over by his Lordship Alfred Rockson Kpodo, has remanded a 16-year-old boy into prison custody for two weeks for...

Goldsmith shoots colleague in disagreement over gold in Kumasi

A disagreement between two goldsmiths turned bloody when one shot the other at Ashanti New Town K.O., a suburb of Kumasi late afternoon on Wednesday. The...

40-year-old man commits suicide at Sefwi Waiwso

A Forty-year-old storekeeper, Daniel Nyame has committed suicide at Sefwi Dwenase, near Waiwso in the Western North Region. The deceased also known as Atta hanged...

Police secure warrant to arrest Asamponhene’s ‘killer’

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has secured a court warrant for the arrest of the prime suspect in the killing of the Asantehene's sub-chief,...

Court convicts woman, boyfriend for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has convicted a woman and her boyfriend for robbing her ex-boyfriend but sentence was deferred till August 27. Jonathan K. Wiallens...

Asamponhene’s murder: Police mount search for ‘fugitive spiritualist’

Police in Kumasi have intensified their search for a spiritualist suspected to be linked to the killing of Asantehene’s sub-chief, Asamponhene Nana Afoduo. The suspect,...

IGP directs speedy investigations into death of two officers

Two police officers have been shot within the space of 24 hours, forcing the Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, direct speedy investigations into their...

Breaking News: Another police officer shot dead

A police officer has been found dead at his duty post in what is suspected to be an unnatural death, barely 24 hours after...

Five arrested for smuggling 4000 bags of fertilizers but kingpin denies offence

Police at Somanya in the eastern region have apprehended five persons for smuggling 4,000 bags of fertilizers meant for Cocoa farmers in the Western...

Armed robbers shoot policeman dead in Ashanti region

A policeman has allegedly been shot dead by armed robbers at Manso Abodom Dome in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti region. Information gathered by Adom...

Video: Check out state of Asampohene’s burnt car

The unknown assailants of Otumfuo's Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afoduo, after murdering him, left his land cruiser vehicle in a state that implied they wanted...

Fetish priest remanded for defrauding businessman of GHC8,000

A 38-year-old self-styled fetish priest has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court for allegedly duping a businessman of GHC8,000. He pleaded...

Murder of Otumfuo’s relative: Farmer, preacher give ‘key evidence’ to police

The accounts of two men considered key witnesses in the gruesome murder of the Ashanti King’s close relative, Nana Kwadwo Afoduo, have been described as key in resolving the...

Lady abducted in Shama, dumped at Weija

A 22-year-old apprentice, who was abducted by some unknown assailants at Inchaban in the Western Region and later dumped in Accra, has been reunited...

Palm wine tapper held for unlawfully harming driver at Enchi

A 51-year-old palm wine tapper, who allegedly caused harm to a driver has been remanded into police custody by the Enchi District Magistrate court. The...

Trader in court for biting ex-lover’s cheek

A 22-year-old trader was on Monday granted GH¢10,000.00 bail with three sureties by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly biting the left cheek of his ex-lover,...

Nigerian attempting fraudulent Ghanaian passport acquisition arrested

National Security Operatives have arrested a Nigerian national for attempting to fraudulently acquire a Ghanaian passport. Had the Operatives not arrived at the Passport Office...

Audio: Boy, 14, arrested for allegedly sodomising five-year-old at Breman Brakwa

A 14-year-old boy is currently in the grip of the Breman Asikuma District Police Command in the Central region for allegedly sodomising a five-year-old...

Lukula violence: Police arrest two

Collaboration between the Savannah and Upper East police commands has led to the arrest of suspects Abdul Rauf and Amidu Fuseini believed to have...

Police suspect contract killing in Otumfuo’s Asamponhene’s murder

Police in Kumasi are not ruling out contract killing as a search is mounted for killers of  Otumfuo's Asamponhene. Nana Kwadwo Foduo’s body was found at the...