Crime
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Tenant flees after his ex-police officer-landlord attempted to gun him down with pump action
A 37-year-old ex-police officer has been arrested by police at Ejisu for allegedly attempting to shoot his tenant over rent arrears. Prince Nyarko was said to have fired two gunshots on Saturday, Dec…
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Prophet guns down brother-in-law, another, over wife’s forceful divorce attempt
Residents of Ahwiaa Anyinam, a suburb of the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region were thrown into a state of shock and mourning after a 41-year-old pastor shot his brother-in-law and one o…
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Police arrest suspected robbers at East Legon
The Police in Accra at dawn this Sunday, December 5, 2021, have arrested two men, Samuel Agyei and Sumaila Mahama, on suspicion of involvement in a robbery. The two suspects were arrested following a…
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Young US-based Ghanaian driver, Philip Appiah shot dead next to his car
A Ghanaian resident in the US, Philip Appiah, 21, was found by Union City officers in a fetal position next to his car bleeding from his head and mouth near Citizens Lanes bowling alley and Cru-Loung…
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Police arrest 9 Burkina Faso nationals over kidnapping
The Central Regional Police Command has arrested some 9 suspects following the kidnapping of one Salmane Tchaboutchou. The suspects who were arrested at Abura in the Central region are Burkina Faso n…
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U.S. judge sentences wife of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to three years in prison
A U.S. judge sentenced the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to three years in prison on Tuesday, after she pleaded guilty to helping the Sinaloa drug cartel. Before h…
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Oxford High School teen shooter claimed he was a cop to lure terrified students from hiding spots
The teenager who opened fire at Oxford High School, Michigan, claimed he was a police officer in an attempt to confuse terrified pupils and lure them out of their hiding spot. Three teenagers were ki…
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Policeman raze down ex-girlfriend’s house over alleged visit scam
Bolgatanga-based Dreamz FM is reporting that a Policeman has allegedly set the house of his girlfriend ablaze after she took money for transportation but failed to visit him as promised. According to…
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Death row man who survived a 2-hour execution finally dies years later
A death row inmate who survived his execution, which saw him endure “two hours” of torture, has died of natural causes. Doyle Lee Hamm’s attorney confirmed the 64-year-old passed away from complicati…
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Court jails teenager for stealing motorbike
The Ashaiman District Court has sentenced John Gospel, a 19-year-old driver’s mate, to 24 months imprisonment for stealing a motorbike. The court presided over by Mrs Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway sen…