Crime
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Upper East residents rage as robbers kill two drivers on Bolga-Tamale highway
A dawn gun attack by armed robbers on the Bolgatanga-Tamale Highway on two drivers on Friday has provoked a public clamour for immediate transfer of the Upper East Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ose…
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19-year-old bus conductor handed a 15-years jail term for robbery
A 19-year-old bus conductor who conspired with three others to rob a farmer has been jailed 15 years with hard labour, by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court. Yaw Addae Boateng aka Obama, pl…
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German prosecutors confiscate $60m of bitcoin from fraudster; refuses to ‘vomit’ password
German prosecutors have confiscated more than 50 million euros ($60 million) worth of bitcoin from a fraudster. There’s only one problem: they can’t unlock the money because he won’t give them the pa…
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Police clamps down on ‘okada’ as officials impound 59 motorcycles at Adenta
Fifty-nine riders of motorcycle, popularly known as Okada, have been arrested in a swoop by the police on Tuesday dawn at Adenta, in Accra. The exercise, which sought to clamp down on criminal activi…
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Alleged killers and kidnappers of Takoradi girls to face judgement on March 5
The Sekondi High Court will, on March 5, 2021, deliver its judgement in the trial of the two men accused of kidnapping and murdering Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Ruth Abekah, in the Sekondi Takoradi…
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Chief of Klagon, six accomplice remanded over murder
The Kaneshie District Court has remanded, into police custody, the Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others, accused of causing the death of one Ibrahim Mohammed Abass over a parcel of land…
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Ghana Immigration bust 51 ECOWAS Nationals Asikuma inland checkpoint
Officers of the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service on Wednesday intercepted a bus with illegal immigrants from Benin and Togo at the Asikuma Inland Checkpoint in the Volta Region…
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Robbers attack ambulance conveying pregnant woman to Akuse Hospital
A driver with the Ambulance Service in the Eastern Region is unconscious after he was shot in the eye by suspected armed robbers this dawn. The driver and an Emergency Medical Technician were transfe…
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19-year-old stabs 16-year-old best friend to death
Kojo Appiah, a-16 year-old boy has been allegedly stabbed to death by his best friend Nyamekye Beckham, 19. The tragic incident occurred on 1st February 2021 after a brawl ensued between the two at A…
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Unknown gunmen kill policeman, injure another in Pramkese highway robbery
Two policemen have been attacked by unidentified gunmen at Pramkese in the Kwaebibirim Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. They were dispatched to the area upon receiving a distress call fro…