Tag: Crime
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Businesswoman Arrested for Allegedly Selling Cannabis-Laced Drinks.
Businesswoman Arrested for Allegedly Selling Cannabis-Laced Drinks. A 45-year-old businesswoman, Millicent Asamoah Ampofo, has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly producing and selling drinks believed to be mixed with cannabis at Taifa in Accra. The accused was before the court presided over by Mr Kwabena Kodua Obiri-Yeboah last Tuesday, charged with unlawful…
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Police declare Mark Agingre wanted for multiple murders in Binduri; GHC1m bounty announced.
Police declare Mark Agingre wanted for multiple murders in Binduri; GHC1m bounty announced. The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for a suspect identified as Mark Agingre, a native of Binduri, believed to be behind a series of gruesome murders in the Binduri District and surrounding communities in the Upper East Region. According to…
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A man was jailed for the rape of women he brought to the UK.
A man was jailed for the rape of women he brought to the UK. A man who raped two women whom he brought to the UK from Uganda has been jailed. Charles Isabirye promised the women work and a place to live when he brought them into the country, but neither ever transpired, Leicestershire Police…
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Bekwai Court jails three armed robbers 20 years each for Jacobu-Anwiankwanta Highway attack
Bekwai Court jails three armed robbers 20 years each for Jacobu-Anwiankwanta Highway attack. The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has secured the conviction of three armed robbers responsible for a violent attack and robbery on the Jacobu-Anwiankwanta road. On 27 October 2025, the Bekwai Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Mr. Appiatu, sentenced the…
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A 49-year-old fisherman arrested for defiling a 13-year-old girl
A 49-year-old fisherman arrested for defiling a 13-year-old girl. The Central Regional Police Command has arrested the suspect seen in the viral video defiling a 13-year-old girl in the Central Region. A statement issued by the police said on October 17, 2025, about 1 pm, the Apam District Police Command received information that on October…
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A Police Inspector sentenced to life for the murder of his girlfriend.
A Police Inspector sentenced to life for the murder of his girlfriend. In a courtroom heavy with the weight of a life cut short, a High Court on Friday, October 24, 2025, sentenced Police Inspector Ahmed Twumasi to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded murder of his girlfriend, 26-year-old Victoria Dapaah. The verdict brings a somber…
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Nephew arrested for beheading 65-year-old Aunt at Breman Benin.
Nephew arrested for beheading 65-year-old Aunt at Breman Benin. Residents of Breman Benin in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District were left in shock after a 65-year-old woman, Gladys Abena, was gruesomely murdered and beheaded by her nephew. The incident happened on Monday, October 20, 2025. According to witnesses, the suspect, identified as Kojo Sam, forced…
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Woman allegedly stabs husband over food.
Woman allegedly stabs husband over food. A routine domestic disagreement over dinner tragically escalated into a violent confrontation in Maamaso, near New Abirem, resulting in a 29-year-old man being stabbed. The victim’s 21-year-old wife, identified only as Maafua, is currently in police custody after allegedly attacking her husband, Kofi, during the heated argument about the…
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Man, attacks wife with a machete after divorce threat and commits suicide at Oheamadwen
Man, attacks wife with a machete after divorce threat and commits suicide at Oheamadwen. 57-year-old man, identified as Agya Badu and popularly known as Express, has allegedly taken his own life at Oheamadwen in the Shama District of the Western Region after attacking his wife with a machete over a divorce threats. According to reports…
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Man jailed for five years for Farage death threat.
Man jailed for five years for Farage death threat. A man who came to the UK on a small boat and threatened to kill Nigel Farage has been jailed for five years. Fayaz Khan, 26, made a gun gesture with his hand, pointed to an AK-47 tattoo on his face, and named the Reform UK…
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Man jailed after piercing teen’s heart with knife
Man jailed after piercing teen’s heart with knife. A man who pierced a teenager’s heart with a knife has been jailed. The victim, who was attacked as he celebrated his birthday in Nottingham city centre, was left fighting for his life. Mohammed Ahmed-Altey denied his involvement but was found guilty of wounding with intent and…
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Two arrested over alleged plot to assassinate Akyem Kwabeng chief
Two arrested over alleged plot to assassinate Akyem Kwabeng chief The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested two individuals for allegedly plotting to assassinate Daasebre Ayimadu Kantamanto II, Chief of Akyem Kwabeng and Gyasehene of the Akyem Abuakwa State. The arrests followed intelligence received on October 11, 2025, indicating that a plan was being…
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Two arrested for robbery and killing of 20-year-old at Tweapease-Aboo
Two arrested for robbery and killing of 20-year-old at Tweapease-Aboo Police in the Ashanti South Region have arrested two men in connection with the robbery and murder of 20-year-old Kofi Mensah at Tweapease-Aboo. The suspects, identified as Solomon Opoku and Collins Aboagye were arrested following sustained intelligence-led operations. The police operation took place following a…
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Tema Police bust human trafficking and cyber fraud syndicate in Ashaiman.
Tema Police bust human trafficking and cyber fraud syndicate in Ashaiman. The Tema Regional Police Command has dismantled what it says has been a major human trafficking and cyber fraud syndicate operating from Peace Land in Ashaiman. The operation led to the arrest of three suspects and the rescue of seven Nigerian nationals who had…
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Court convicts former police officer for false pretense
Court convicts former police officer for false pretense. The Ashaiman District Court has convicted 54-year-old Kofi Boakye Frimpong, a former public officer, for falsely pretending to be a police officer in active service. The court, presided over by Derick Pardden Eshun, convicted him on his own plea of guilty to the charge of falsely pretending…
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Court jails two men for 15 years each for robbery and assault.
Court jails two men for 15 years each for robbery and assault. The Tema Regional Police Command has secured the conviction of two men involved in a robbery and rape case that occurred on 27 September 2025 at Okushibli, along the Apollonia–Afienya road. According to police investigations, the 19-year-old victim, a hairdresser, had hired a…
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Man confesses to killing 15 people, as Police arrest 2 over watchman’s murder
Man confesses to killing 15 people, as Police arrest 2 over watchman’s murder. Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a night security guard, with one suspect confessing to the murder of 15 people. The alleged serial killings include three in Bole and Banda in the Savannah Region, according to the…
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Jealous boyfriend allegedly sets girlfriend on fire.
Jealous boyfriend allegedly sets girlfriend on fire. Residents of Assorko Essaman, a community in the Shama District of the Western Region, are currently in a state of shock after a jealous boyfriend allegedly set his girlfriend’s room on fire, leading to her death and injuring her daughter. The deceased, identified as Regina Nyame, 45, and…
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Two nannies arrested for allegedly drugging twin toddlers in East Legon
Two nannies arrested for allegedly drugging twin toddlers in East Legon. The Airport Divisional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Accra has arrested two nannies for allegedly administering sleep-inducing substances to twin toddlers in their care. According to Superintendent Juliana Obeng, Head of the Public Affairs Unit, during a press briefing, the suspects,…
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Lifeless body of a 24-year-old man found at Eshiem.
Lifeless body of a 24-year-old man found at Eshiem. A 24-year-old man, Ebenezer Donkor, has been found dead at Eshiem, a community near Kojokrom in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. The body of the deceased was discovered under a high-tension pole with visible bruises and marks believed to be from severe beatings. According…
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Man shot dead by unknown gunmen at Aketechieso mining site
Man shot dead by unknown gunmen at Aketechieso mining site. A man believed to be in his late 30s, identified as Martin Issah, has allegedly been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Aketechieso, a mining community in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred on Sunday, October 5, 2025, when Martin…
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A policewoman, fined GHC10,000 for breaking a marriage promise.
A policewoman, fined GHC10,000 for breaking a marriage promise. The Circuit Court in Techiman has awarded damages of GHC10,000 against a policewoman, Mary Antwi, for breaching her promise to marry her concubine, William Baffour Gyan. The court held, per the evidence on record, that both parties had exchanged promises to marry. However, the court declined…
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One arrested, pump-action gun retrieved after rival groups clash in Simpa
One arrested, pump-action gun retrieved after rival groups clash in Simpa The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested suspect Daniel Cudjoe alias Ato Asare following a violent incident that occurred on September 28, 2025 at Simpa, near the Simpa Sawmill, in the Nsuaem District. In a statement issued on September 30, 2025, police said…
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Fake doctor arrested after 12 years of running an illegal home clinic
Fake doctor arrested after 12 years of running an illegal home clinic. Police have arrested a 48-year-old man accused of running an illegal clinic from his chamber and hall for more than a decade. The suspect, identified as Hanson Osei, is said to have treated patients for 12 years without a medical license or any…
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Two suspected military officers arrested after failed mining site robbery.
Two suspected military officers arrested after failed mining site robbery. Two suspected military personnel and their two civilian accomplices have been arrested by the Prestea Police in the Western Region during an attempt to allegedly rob LongShine Mining Company Limited, a Chinese mine, on Sunday, September 28, at Prestea-Obouhu. Confirming the incident in an interview…
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A TTI student jailed 6 months for stabbing his teacher.
A TTI student jailed 6 months for stabbing his teacher. The Takoradi District Court has sentenced a second-year student of Takoradi Technical Institute (TTI), Emmanuel Sam, popularly known as Agogo, to six months in prison for stabbing a teacher on campus. In addition to the custodial sentence, the court ordered the convict, Sam, to pay…
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68 suspected scammers busted in Ghana as INTERPOL smashes $2.8m cybercrime rings across Africa
68 suspected scammers busted in Ghana as INTERPOL smashes $2.8m cybercrime rings across Africa. A major International Police (INTERPOL) operation across 14 African countries has led to the arrest of 260 suspected scammers, with Ghanaian authorities playing a pivotal role by apprehending 68 individuals and seizing a significant haul of evidence. According to an Interpol…
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Pilot jailed after £2.4m worth of cocaine found in his light aircraft.
Pilot jailed after £2.4m worth of cocaine found in his light aircraft. A pilot has been jailed for nine years after using his light aircraft in a bid to smuggle cocaine into the UK. Anastasios Balian, 52, from Hertfordshire, and his accomplice, Errol Weir from south London, who was jailed for seven years, were trying…
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A student overstayer jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl at Bradford Crown Court
A student overstayer jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl at Bradford Crown Court. A student “overstayer” who repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl after arranging for taxis to bring her to his flat late at night has been jailed. Wisal Ahmad, 30, had been studying in Scotland, but after running out of funds, he ended up…
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