Crime

Bolga: Soldier detained over rape accusation

A soldier has been detained over an accusation of raping an 18-year-old hotel attendant. The incident reportedly happened on Monday at about 3:pm at...

Four Ghanaians guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of gari

Four men have been found guilty of smuggling £4.5 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of gari powder from Ghana to south Essex.The...

My son was stabbed 3 times in the chest – Father of O’Reilly SHS student [Audio]

The father of a final year student of O’Reilly Senior High School(SHS) who was stabbed to death by a colleague has expressed pain over...

Student who stabbed colleague at O’Reilly SHS arrested

A final-year student from O'Reilly Senior High School (SHS) has been arrested by the Police for allegedly stabbing a fellow student to death, leaving...

Thieves vandalise ECG’s GH₵100K transformer at Asutuare junction

The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has lost a 100KVA transformer worth GH₵100,000 to thieves who vandalized and made away...

O’Reily Senior High School student stabbed to death

An 18-year-old student from O'Reilly Senior High School in Accra has reportedly been stabbed by a colleague following an argument over whose father is...

Two shot as robbers raid Northern Ashanti Mines

Two people have been seriously injured after armed men raided the Konongo Odumase Concession of the Northern Ashanti Mines Co. Ltd.The armed thugs looted...

Scrap dealer in court for stabbing carpenter in chest

Mohammed Salifu, a 30-year-old scrap dealer, who stabbed a carpenter in the chest at Makola Market, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.Salifu is...

Chinese national shot dead in Amansie South district

A 52-year-old Chinese national has been shot dead at Manso Watereso in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region.The deceased, Yao Xian, was...

Dispatch rider jailed 10 years for abetting robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a dispatch rider to ten years in prison for aiding and abetting robbery in La, Accra.Lord Mensah was...

17 persons granted GHC50,000 bail each over illegal sand winning

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC50,000 bail each to seventeen drivers who allegedly undertook sand-winning operations without a license at Agbazu, near Amasaman.They...

Trader fined for possessing locally manufactured pistol, cartridges

An Accra Circuit Court has fined a 26-year-old trader GHC9,600 for illegally possessing a locally manufactured firearm and three live cartridges.Prince Atakora alias Kofi...

Bekwai Circuit Court: Two ex-convicts jailed 34 years for robbery, rape and causing harm

A 20-year-old ex-convict Akwasi Agyemang has been sentenced to 25 years in prison with hard labour by the Circuit Court in Bekwai, Ashanti region...

Policemen who allegedly robbed ‘okada’ rider remanded

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two off-duty police constables in custody after they attacked an okada rider and stole GH₵3,700.General Lance Corporals Philmon...

Two ex-convicts jailed 34 years for robbery, rape and causing harm

The Circuit Court in Bekwai in the Ashanti region has sentenced a 20-year-old ex-convict to 25 years in prison with hard labour for robbery.The...

Police secure conviction of five armed robbers in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has secured the conviction of five armed robbers involved in a series of robbery and carjacking incidents in the Ashanti...

Two Police Constables remanded for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two off-duty Police constables in custody after they attacked an Okada rider and stole GH¢3,700.General Lance Corporals Philmon...

Police arrest 10 suspected landguards in East Legon

Ten suspected landguards at Adjirigano have been apprehended by the East Legon Police in Accra.The suspects, named Harry Otu Hesse, Khalid Adnam, Tahiru Yakubu,...

Self-proclaimed healer found with 24 human skulls

A Ugandan man allegedly found with 24 human skulls may have been using them for human sacrifice and could face life in prison, the...

Salesman in court for allegedly embezzling employer’s GH₵1,491,282

A 25-year-old salesman has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court charged with funnelling GH₵1,491,282 from his employer’s mobile money accounts.Richard Okai, aka Kobby, pleaded...

Two motorbike thieves set ablaze at Gomoa Dasum

Two unidentified men, believed to be in their late 30s, have been lynched and set ablaze after allegedly stealing a motorbike at Gomoa Dasum...

EOCO sweeps 4 awards at Internal Audit Agency conference

On Thursday, August 22, 2024, the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) received special recognition from the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) for exemplary leadership...

Security man jailed 4 years for aiding theft

A 45-year-old security guard who conspired with two others to steal from his employer's warehouse on Graphic Road in Accra has been sentenced to...

Three remanded for stealing onions, electrical appliances and others at Wenchi

The Wenchi Magistrate Court presided over by His Wardship Issah Abdul Wahab has remanded three persons into police custody for stealing.The accused persons are...

Man in possession of EC’s BVD arrested at Nsawam [Video+Photos]

https://youtu.be/4DN2MOurXAgA man in possession of the Electoral Commission's (EC) Biometric Verification Device (BVD) has been arrested at Nsawam in the Eastern region.The suspect has...

Two students arrested for lynching spiritualist

Two students of Twifo Praso Senior High School have been arrested for mobilising their colleagues to lynch a spiritualist who had accused one of...

Court remands Imam for allegedly threatening to kill wife

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a self-proclaimed religious leader to police custody for allegedly threatening to kill his wife.Imam Mohammed Lanson Abubakar, 44,...

Man, 30, nearly lynched for siphoning diesel in Shama District [Video]

A young man believed to be in his 30s was nearly lynched for siphoning fuel at Old Daboase Junction in the Shama District of...

U.S. border agents seize $5M worth of drugs disguised as watermelons

United States border agents have intercepted a truck carrying more than $5m-worth of methamphetamine at the US-Mexico border hidden inside a shipment of watermelons. The...

Ghanaian blogger jailed for 30 days over false news publication

Popular Ghanaian blogger, Jeffrey Epprim Nyame has been sentenced to a 30-day jail term for the publication of false news.The blogger, now a convict,...

Police Constable who shot man over fare remanded

A Police Constable Smith Gyekyi, who shot 25-year-old Stanley Ahadzi after a disagreement over transport fare has been remanded two weeks into police custody.This...

NIB officer, wife tied up and robbed at gunpoint at Kasoa Chrispo City [Photos]

An officer of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) and his wife have been tied up and robbed at gunpoint in Kasoa Chrispo City in...

Two granted GH¢200,000 bail each in Kumah’s widow burglary case

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GH¢200,000 bail each to two people who burgled Lilian Kumah, the widow of John Kumah, a former Deputy...

Hunter arrested for friend’s murder 7 months after mistaking him for animal

A 26-year-old hunter, Emmanuel Donkor is in the grips of Police for shooting his friend to death after mistaking him for an animal.Accra-based UTV...

Court remands Imam for allegedly threatening to kill wife

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a self-proclaimed religious leader to police custody for allegedly threatening to kill his wife.Imam Mohammed Lanson Abubakar, 44,...

Two friends killed by armed robbers during mobile money raid in Sissala East

Two friends were shot and killed by armed robbers who attacked and robbed a mobile money vendor at Welembelle in the Sissala East Municipality.The...

Court issues bench warrant for mechanical engineer accused of fraud

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a mechanical engineer who allegedly took GH¢99,810.00 from a farmer...

Prison escapee fined GH¢1,200

A 29-year-old illegal miner, Ebenezer Asante, who escaped from the Tarkwa Local Prison, has been fined GH¢1,200 by the Tarkwa Circuit Court.In default, he...

Court remands man who killed 18-year-old lover

The Mpraeso Circuit Court has remanded a washing bay attendant, Kwaku Siaw who allegedly killed his lover at Nkawkaw Krofoforom in the Eastern region.The...

20-year-old arrested for stealing metal road signs and fenders

Kwame Philip, a 20-year-old, has been arrested by the Nkawkaw Police for stealing fenders and metal road signs from the Nkawkaw to Obomeng road.The...