Crime

Ghanaian facing deportation from US for sexually abusing stepdaughter

A North Carolina man who sexually abused his stepdaughter two decades ago has been stripped of his US citizenship and will now be deported...

Police release suspects in Tamale Teaching Hospital raid

Four persons arrested in connection with an attack on the Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) on Monday have been released,...

Woman jailed 18 months for defrauding American over $20,000

A woman involved in an online dating scam has been jailed 18 months by the Financial and Economic Crime Division of the Accra High...

PHOTO: Farmer arrested for attempting to sell auto mechanic apprentice

An Assin Adiembra-based farmer is currently in the grips of the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command for attempting to sell a 21-year-old auto mechanic...

TTH Chaos: NPP Executives in Tamale have refused to cooperate with us – Police [Audio]

Northern Regional Police spokesman, DSP Mohamammed Yussif Tanko says executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region have refused to cooperate...

Sergeant given 10 days to produce 3 escaped prisoners

The Brong Ahafo Regional Police Command has given a ten-day ultimatum to a sergeant of the Techiman police station to produce three prisoners who...

PHOTO: Man who stole pastor’s car says he intended returning it after ‘chilling’

A 24-year-old man who stole a pastor’s SUV Sunday dawn at Kojokrom in the Western Region with the intention of returning it has been...

Two Chinese arrested for engaging in Galamsey

The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of Operation Vanguard have arrested two Chinese nationals suspected to be engaging in illegal mining at Taabusere the in...

Mother, daughter die during labour at same hospital

A 42-year-old mother and her 25-year-old daughter have died during labour at the Assesewa Government Hospital.The deceased persons, Mable Maku Tekpertey and Sarah Tekpertey,...

Woman jailed 18 months for cyber fraud

A Ghanaian woman, who conspired with a Nigerian to defraud a US citizen of an unspecified amount of money, has been sentenced to 18...

Nursing mother bonded for 24 months after threatening boyfriend’s mother

An Accra Circuit Court on Monday convicted a nursing mother to sign a bond to be of good behaviour for 24 months for sending...

Remand prisoner who attempted to run away from police cell killed

Police at Nsuta near Techiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region shot and killed a-27-year inmate, Abdul Raman Osman, who attempted to run away from the...

2 cars jam rider to death

A MOTORBIKE rider met his untimely death after being squeezed by two vehicles at Atadeka, a suburb of Zenu in the Kpone-Katamanso District of...

We will hunt and defeat you – Supt. Kwesi Ofori warns criminals  

The Greater Accra Operations Commander of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Kwesi Ofori is calling on the general public to assist police to...

PHOTOS: Man beats wife to pulp over food

Police have arrested a man who beat up his wife to a pulp because she had not cooked food for him by the time...

Three inmates escape while flushing toilet

Three remand prisoners at Nsuta-Techiman police cells in the Brong Ahafo Region are on the run after escaping custody last Saturday evening.The inmates whose...

Driver’s mate remanded for sexually abusing minor

A 24-year-old drivers’ mate who allegedly sexually abused a five year old girl in an uncompleted wooden structure at Teiman has been remanded into...

Techiman Nsuta cell break: 1 dead; three Fulani herdsmen on the run

One person is reported dead whiles three Fulani herdsmen are on the run after breaking Techiman Nsuta police cells.According to the reports, the residents...

PHOTOS: Armed robbers shoot four police officers; one in critical condition

Armed robbers have reportedly shot four police officers at Zabarma Saturday.Gbedema Rudorf, Gbemu Thompson, Charles Dankwah, Nyamekye (first name withheld) and Ebenezer Danso were attacked at...

Man jailed 12 years for stealing mobile phone and GHC7

A 30-year man has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court for robbery.Kofi Baah, together with three...

Head teacher in police grips for writing national exam for a soldier friend

A head teacher in Burundi, Benjamin Manirambona has been arrested for trying to disguise himself as a student and sit a national exam on...

Man sentenced to 12 years for stealing mobile phone and GH¢7

A 30-year man has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court for robbery.Kofi Baah, together with three...

Man sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for robbery

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court for robbery.Kofi Baah, together three other...

Two jailed 25 years for robbery in Tamale

Imoro Abdul Rahman, 25, and Mubarik Abu, 23, who were arrested by the Tamale Police Command for attacking and robbing two ladies have been...

Bus conductor jailed for stealing sales

A 39-year-old bus conductor has been incarcerated to four-month imprisonment by the Ashaiman Circuit Court for disappearing with sales made.The convict, Kweku Asare, who...

Landlord in court for flogging married woman with belt

A 51-year-old landlord, Bassey Wilson, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly flogging a married woman with a...

PHOTO: Family hunts runaway father for impregnating mentally challenged woman

The family of a mentally challenged woman who was impregnated by an unknown man and was delivered of twins are hunting for the man...

Gun-wielding Chinese arrested in Operation Vanguard swoop on 22 illegal miners

Some 12 Ghanaians, nine Chinese and a Togolese suspected to be illegal miners have been arrested at sites by personnel of the Western Forward...

PHOTO: Arms dealer busted in Wa

The Upper West Regional Police Command has retrieved 35 single-barrel guns belonging to the Ghana Police Service, two locally manufactured pistols and cartridges from...

Corn Miller remanded for sexually abusing five year old niece

A Circuit Court in Accra on Wednesday remanded into Police custody a 21-year-old corn miller for allegedly having sex with his five-year-old niece at...

New scam hits Sekondi/Takoradi; Thieves pose as preachers

Unsuspecting persons in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis are falling prey to a new modus operandi that has been adopted by tricksters.Within a week, many persons...

Four busted at Tarkwa for robbing Chinese of gold dust, phones

Four persons are in the grips of the police for allegedly robbing two Chinese nationals at Efuanta, a suburb of Tarkwa in the Western...

Man who concealed 44 slabs of narcotic drugs in ‘kokonte’ arrested

A 38-year-old man who concealed 44 slabs of illegal drugs in ‘kokonte’ (dried cassava) has been arrested by the Police in the Eastern Region...

Mason remanded for defiling four-year-old girl

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, a 48-year-old mason over allegations that he sexually assaulted a four-year-old girl at Odorkor-Tipper, a...

Police go after cemetery ritual organisers

The stool father of the Prampram Traditional Area, Numo Osabu Abbey, is assisting the Police in Tema in the investigation of a case involving...

26-year-old man high on tramadol allegedly rapes sister

A 26-year-old boy, Isaac Nkansah, a resident at Yakrakrom in the Western region, has allegedly raped his biological sister after he reportedly took tramadol.Nyankonton...

Planting for Food & Jobs fertilizer worth GH¢600,000 stolen

Seven officers of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in the Sunyani Municipality of the Brong Ahafo are under investigation for allegedly stealing...

Teenager handed 15-year jail term for illegally trading Tramadol

The Nsuta Circuit Court in the Sekyere Central District has sentenced a 19-year-old farmer to 15 years imprisonment for illegally trading in Tramadol.Dada Musah,...

Man fined GHC1,708 for stoning neighbour during quarrel

Gideon Dogbatse a Customer Care Provider has been sentenced to pay a fine and compensation of GH¢1,708 cedis for throwing a stone at his...

Two Russians in court for kidnapping

Two Russians who have been accused of kidnapping two persons at East Legon and holding them hostage for several months have appeared before an...