Crime
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12 persons apprehended for trying to smuggle 400 bags of cocoa beans in Kwahu South
Twelve (12) people are currently in police custody following an attempt to bribe personnel of the National Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Taskforce at Kwahu Adawso in the Kwahu South Municipality of the Easter…
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Ghana Police Service deploy personnel to Bole following reports of 3 unnatural deaths
The Ghana Police Service has deployed a team of experts to Bole and its environs in the Savannah Region to support the Regional Police Command to unravel three reported cases of unnatural deaths in t…
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2 retired soldiers, 9 others detained 252 years
Two retired soldiers and nine others who robbed a gold-buying company at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region have been sentenced to 252 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court.…
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Police apprehend suspect in Tamale for possession of firearms and ammunition
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect, Imarana Abdulai Gomda at Tamale in the Northern Region for possession of firearms and ammunition without lawful authority. The Police in a social medi…
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Caregiver detained 5 years for manslaughter
The High Court in Accra has sentenced a caregiver to five years in prison for manslaughter. Clara Yanyi-Ampah, a trained nurse, manhandled an 11-month-old infant in a school in Agbogba, near Accra, i…
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Mentally unstable’ sons set house ablaze at Abuakwa Manhyia resulting to the death of their mother
Two siblings believed to be mentally unstable, are in police custody after allegedly burning down their house in Abuakwa Manhyia, located in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti reg…
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[Kukuom registration centre disturbances] Police apprehends 1 suspect
One person has been arrested in connection with the disturbances that occurred at a limited voter registration centre in Kukuom in the Ahafo Region on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Supporters of the New Pa…
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Middle aged man sentenced for peddling restricted drugs in Wa
The Wa Circuit Court has convicted and sentenced a 55-year-old businessman for possessing and peddling restricted drugs without a license contrary to section 110 of the Health Professionals’ Regulato…
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Eastern Region shocked as farmer and brothers arrested for murder and sexual abuse of minor
A chilling incident has unfolded in Ahwenamo, near Nsuobiri in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region, where a farmer, identified as Brother Amenyor, has been accused of defiling and murd…
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Collins Jones sets himself on fire after failed attempt to kill his wife
A man known as Collins Jones has allegedly committed suicide, after assaulting his wife, Martina Jones, with a pestle and attempting to strangle her to death. Martina Jones is reported to have escape…