Crime
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Brother accidentally kills hunter with his own gun on their way to Okyerekrom forest
A 45-year-old hunter, Kwabena Bronya, met his untimely death after his brother mistakenly shot him while on their way to hunt in Okyerekrom forest near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District in the A…
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Armed robbers attack fuel station, brutally assault attendants and fled with cash
Armed robbers broke into Okorase fuel station, beat attendants, and made away with an unspecified amount of cash Monday dawn around 1:00 am on August 30, 2021. The manager of the fuel station, Delali…
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Anti-armed robbery squad arrest Fulani chief, 21 others with weapons and ammunition
The anti-armed robbery squad deployed to the Eastern Region by the acting Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has arrested 22 suspects including a Fulani Chief in Donkorkrom in th…
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Prophetess orders man to chop off boy’s head for rituals
A Twenty-five (25) year-old resident of Mafi Dove in the Central Tongu District of the Volta region is in the grips of the Battor Aveyime Police Command for allegedly beheading a 12-year-old boy for …
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Tunisia’s former presidential candidate arrested in Algeria for sneaking into country
Algerian authorities arrested on Sunday Tunisia’s media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, after he entered Algeria secretly and illegally, Tunisian media said. Karoui, the owner o…
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Railway line thieves jailed, others to face trial in Ashanti region
The Konongo Divisional Police Command has busted a railway line stealing syndicate operating at Juaso and some communities within the Asante-Akim South District of the Ashanti Region. The syndicate, …
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Over 50km railway tracks stolen as Ghana suffers an estimated $250m in loss
Thieves have stolen nearly 50 kilometers of railway track, nationwide, causing an estimated amount of $250 million of damage to the country. A kilometre of railway construction is estimated at $5mill…
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Over 500 suspects rounded up by Ashanti Regional police
Some 522 suspects have been rounded up by the police in the Ashanti Region. The Public Relations Officer for the regional police command, ASP Godwin Ahianyo, told journalists, “As part of measures to…
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Dampare embarks on a 60-hour operational tour in Bono East
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has embarked on a 60-hour ground operational tour in the Bono East region. The dawn-to-dusk tour which was undertaken on Monday and T…
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[Abesim murder] Police free second suspect
The second suspect in the Abesim. murder saga has been released by the Ghana Police Service. According to Police, the second suspect, the father of the prime suspect, Richard Appiah, was released bec…