Crime

Woman ‘slaughtered’ in her shop at Akatsi

Residents of Akatsi in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region were thrown into a state of shock on Friday, when a businesswoman...

Solomon Nyantakyi refuses to tell police why he killed mother and sister

Having confessed to the crime of murdering his 43-year-old mother and 11-year-old sister, one would have expected that the young footballer, Solomon Nyantakyi, would...

3 robbers lynched at Nadowli

An angry mob reportedly lynched three suspected armed robbers recently at Nator Banori, a village near Nadowli in the Upper West Region. The victims, who...

Photos: Three dupe man with fake mobile phone

Three suspected thieves were arrested Friday at Kokomlemle near Joy FM for duping a man with a fake Samsung mobile phone. According to reports, the...

HOT AUDIO: IGP places GHȻ10,000 bounty on Lapaz Cop killers

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu has announced a GHȻ10,000 reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest of two armed...

Two in BNI custody for dismantling state car

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has taken over the case in which a mechanic was caught dismantling a state registered Toyota Land Cruiser...

Judgement day for Mawarko ‘pepper’ manager

The Abeka District Court in Accra has set July 26 to deliver its ruling in the case in which Jihad Chabaan, the embattled Ablemkpe...

Man murders wife, dumps body in pond

A coconut seller in Sokode Bagble in the Ho Municipality, Joshua Ababaio, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and dumping the body...

HOT VIDEO: How armed robbers shot policeman at Lapaz

Police have confirmed one officer died after he was shot at close range by robbers at a popular joint called Las Palmas at Abeka...

Teenager sentenced to death for stealing Nokia phone

A 19-year-old boy, Adeolu Bamiteko has been sentenced to death by hanging for theft. He was reported to have robbed one Adefunke Amire of her...

Galamseyer jailed for stabbing prostitute

A 25 year-old, Abdul Mugeez has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Tarkwa Circuit Court for stabbing a commercial sex worker at Number...

Police confirms shooting of two men at Lapaz

Police have confirmed one officer has died after he was shot at close range by robbers at a popular joint called Las Palmas at...

13 Delta Force members’ case adjourned again

A Kumasi Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has adjourned to August 8, 2017 the case involving thirteen (13) members of pro- New Patriotic...

PHOTOS: Armed robbers shoot policeman; snatch car at Lapaz

Two suspected armed robbers have reportedly shot a police officer who led a team to stop their robbery operations at Lapaz near popular restaurant,...

A/R Police begin investigations into officer’s suicide

A high powered team of crime officers from the Ashanti Regional Police Command and the Tafo/Pankrono Divisional Command have begun investigations into death of...

2 arrested for selling toffees, alcohol mixed with ‘wee’

A 64-year-old woman and her male accomplice are in the grips of the Tafo Pankrono Police in the Ashanti Region for possessing substances suspected...

25-year-old busted for stabbing a prostitute

A 25-year-old trader identified as Abdul Mugeez has been arrested by Prestea police for stabbing and robbing a prostitute. The incident occurred at Prestea in...

Blind man, three others arrested for ‘galamsey’

The police have arrested four illegal miners, including a 55-year-old blind man, at Beposo near Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region. The gang, led by Kwadwo...

Two prisoners to serve additional time over drugs

Two prisoners, who are each serving a 10 year sentence at the Kumasi Central Prison, have had their jail term extended by additional four...

Police hunt for 21 more robbers

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is on the heels of 21 other suspected robbers believed to be members of...

Fake lawyer busted after practising for one year

The Weija Police last Friday arrested one Timothy Yawson for posing as a lawyer. Yawson, 42, was defending his client in a civil case at...

29-year-old bus driver raped his 17-year-old sister-in-law

One 29-year-old bus driver, identified as Folarin Olorunto, has raped his sister-in-law after he threatened her with a knife to be able to rape...

Man kills wife over dinner delay

Police in India say they have arrested a 60-year-old man who fatally shot his wife for serving his dinner late. Ashok Kumar came home drunk...

NDC thugs kill one at Sankore

A 30-year old unemployed man from Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, Kwaku Addai, was on Saturday reportedly killed by...

24 suspected robbers nabbed for allegedly terrorising travellers

Twenty-four suspected highway robbers believed to be the masterminds of a number of robberies on major highways across the country have been busted by...

Decongesting Ghana's prisons: Judge wants fines for some convicts

An Appeals Court Judge, has called on interest groups in the legal system to do more in pushing for non-custodial sentences. Justice Clemence Hornyenugah believes...

Trial of Chinese illegal miners to begin on July 12

An Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving En Huang aka Aisha Hung and four other Chinese for their alleged involvement in illegal...

19 charged for killing Major Mahama

At last 19 persons, including one woman, have been charged by the state over the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at Denkyira-Obuase in...

Farmer, 50, jailed 20 years

The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling, impregnating and eloping with a 13-year-old. Father...

PHOTO: Snail seller who raised 'alarm' on Major Mahama discharged by Court

The snail seller, who raised the "alarm," that the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was a suspected armed robber, was Thursday discharged by the Accra Central...

EOCO asks Deputy EC boss, Accountant to proceed on leave

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office has written to the EC demanding that two officers of the commission be made to proceed on leave. EOCO...

Major Mahama's death: Court discharges 13 suspected killers

An Accra District Court has discharged thirteen (13) persons accused of murdering Army Major, Maxwell Adam Mahama. The 13 were part of a group of...

Tenant stabs co-tenant over electricity bills

A revenue officer at Kintampo Municipal Assembly, only identified as Fred stabbed his co-tenant, Stephen Boakye, during a heated argument over electricity bill in...

Notorious car thief arrested

A 33-year-old man identified as Samuel Atta Boison has been arrested by the Kwesimintsim District Police Command near Takoradi for allegedly stealing a car...

Mason jailed 12 years for robbery

A mason from Rubber site in the Prestea Huni/Valley District has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a circuit court in Tarkwa for...

Jilted husband commits suicide

A 40-year-old fuel attendant at Weija in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, who was deserted by his wife after he...

PHOTO: ‘Juju’ fails robber…in K’si

A hardened criminal, who wears talismans to withstand gunshots to escape arrest, was shot dead by the police during a fierce gun battle on...

Man sodomizes boy in bush

Residents of Pelungu in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region were hit by shocking news of a man sodomizing a mentally unstable...

Man 29, arrested for selling infant-baby at GHC5000

The Wassa Akropong Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly attempting to sell his infant baby for GHC5000 to a buyer at...

Police gun down notorious robber in Aboabo during gunfight

Police in Aboaba Akorem in the Ashanti Region capital, Kumasi, have killed a suspected armed robbery gang member during a shoot-out on Monday. The suspect, identified...