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Former Community Policing Assistant arrested for trying to steal electricity cables

June 14, 2023

A former Community Policing Assistant (CPA) who was stationed at the Koforidua Central Police Station has been arrested by residents of Daasebere Estate in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The former CPA, who was identified as Theophilus by police personnel, was rescued in the early hours of Tuesday after being caught […]Continue Reading

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Car washer, 20 jailed 18 months for unlawful entry and stealing

June 7, 2023

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro, Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region has sentenced car washer, Elvis Yeboah, aged 20 to 18 months in prison for unlawful entry and stealing. Yeboah stole car battery, stabilizer, one woofer and speakers valued at GHS1 ,040.00 and pleaded guilty to the two charges. Police Inspector (P/Insp.) Emmanuel Asare, the […]Continue Reading

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Man, 54, arrested for illegal meter installation; 7 fake meters seized

April 6, 2023

Police in Abuakwa with support from the Revenue Protection Unit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have arrested a 54-year-old man, John Fofie, for installing fake meters for some people in Kunsu in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. He has been accused of replacing people’s post-paid meters which has debt on […]Continue Reading

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Police arrest three suspects for brandishing weapons in viral video

March 30, 2023

The Police, through an intelligence operation on 27th March 2023, arrested three suspects for possession of firearms without lawful authority and acts of vigilantism at Japa near Wassa Akropong in the Western Region. The three suspects, Godfred Appiah alias Nana Kobina Gyan, Isaac Amoako alias Nana Owusu and Theophilus Yeboah alias Fire were arrested following […]Continue Reading

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Mankessim: Pastor and chief linked to aspiring nurse trainee killing demanded ¢15k ransom – Family

September 22, 2022

The family of murdered aspiring trainee nurse have disclosed that the prime suspects initially demanded a ransom from them. According to Georgina Asor Botchwey’s relatives, the pastor and his accomplice pastor had demanded that they paid ¢15,000 for the freedom of their kin. The police told JoyNews that when Miss Asor Botchwey’s family failed to raise the […]Continue Reading

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Police announce ¢100k bounty for information on Wa killers

September 20, 2022

The Ghana Police Service has announced a reward of ¢100,000 for persons who can volunteer credible information that will lead to the arrest and prosecution of perpetrators behind the recent killings in Wa. It follows the earlier arrest of one suspect, Kankani Adongo, who is currently in custody, assisting with investigations. According to an update issued […]Continue Reading

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Father Frames-up Son For Killing The Mother

September 1, 2022

The woes of an unsupported Senior High School student was deepened after his biological father allegedly framed him up as the murder of his mother. The incident, allegedly happened at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The victim, Isaac a student of Akyin Senior High School (SHS) in the Ekumfi District, has already been to […]Continue Reading

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Businessman accused of attempting to use daughter for rituals granted bail

August 10, 2022

The High Court has granted bail to the 47-year-old Netherlands-based Ghanaian businessman accused of attempted ritual killing of his 11-year-old daughter. Evans Kyekyeku Oppong’s alleged crime was blown by a herbalist in Oyibi (Greater Accra Region), Nana Adu-Boafo. Her Ladyship, Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, put Mr. Oppong’s bail sum at GH¢500,000 with two sureties to […]Continue Reading

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Policeman, KNUST student who allegedly gang-raped girl denied bail again

August 10, 2022

The interdicted police officer and the final year student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have for the second time been denied bail. The duo, L/Cpl Frank Adu Poku and Joel Osei Owusu were arrested on Friday, July 22, after they allegedly gang-raped a first-year student of the University on Tuesday, July […]Continue Reading

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‘Killers’ of final-year Tweneboa Kodua SHS student grabbed; one is a minor

August 9, 2022

Police have arrested two persons including a minor for allegedly robbing and murdering one Daniel Osei-Mensah, a final year student of Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School. According to a statement from the police, they arrested suspect Eric Anning and the minor with the support of some members of the Fiankoma community in the Ashanti Region. […]Continue Reading