Crime
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Over 85 people arrested in Cape Coast for breaching covid-19 Safety Protocols
The Central Region Police Command has arrested more than 85 persons for allegedly violating the COVID-19 safety protocols in the Cape Coast Metropolis on Thursday. The arrests were made at Abura and …
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Two remanded in police custody for lynching 90-year-old Akua Denteh
Two suspects in the alleged lynching of an elderly woman in Kafaba, a community in Salaga in the Savanah region have been remanded into police custody by the Tamale High court. On July 30, 2020, vira…
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EOCO arrest health officials, mothers over child harvesting and trafficking
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested eleven persons, including health officials and social workers in Accra for baby harvesting and trafficking. They included two medical docto…
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Over 100 persons arrested for failing to wear nose masks
A total of 105 suspects have been rounded up by the Tema Regional Police Command for non-compliance with the Government’s directives on the wearing of nose masks as a preventive measure against the s…
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Teacher on the run after impregnating two students at Badukrom
A teacher, Akwasi Alex, 23, has reportedly impregnated two pupils at Badukrom in the Ashanti region. The teacher who has absconded reportedly had separate sexual relationships with the victims (names…
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Woman attempt selling Pelosi’s computer device to Russian intelligence – FBI says
U.S. law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol and …
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Five Burkinabes land in police custody for entering Ghana illegally
Five Burkinabes have been arrested for attempting to enter Ghana through unapproved routes, Immigration officials said. The foreign nationals were arrested at the Ga inland checkpoint on Sunday, Janu…
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Samsung chairman handed a 30-month prison term in bribery trial
A South Korean court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee to two and a half years in prison, the court said on Monday, which will have major ramifications for his leadership of the …
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Tanker driver’s mate mistaken for armed robber burnt to ashes by Wulugu residents
Residents of Wulugu in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region upon a robbery attack in the community yesterday, Sunday, January 17 mistakenly burnt a tanker driver mate to ashes usin…
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Akatsi Police burst vehicle loaded with Marijuana
Police at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region have intercepted a vehicle carrying large quantities of dried leaves suspected to be Marijuana. The vehicle, a Hyundai commercial…