Crime
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2 jailed 20 years after threatening woman with cutlass and snatching mobile phone
Two men who threatened a woman with a cutlass and robbed her of her mobile valued at GH₵650, have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each by an Adentan Circuit Court. Stephen Kobi, a driver’s m…
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3 detained for purportedly stealing school computers
The Assin Fosu District Court has remanded three suspected thieves into police custody for allegedly breaking into the ICT Laboratory of the Assin Juaso M/A basic school in the Assin Fosu Municipalit…
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Police apprehend 2 suspects for robbery at a mining company in Bogoso
The Police in Bogoso, in the Western Region, have arrested two robbery suspects for attacking a mining company in the area. The suspects, Derrick Kwabena and Daniel Ofori alias Denotobe, in the compa…
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YouTuber Tiba al-Ali ‘Strangled to death in sleep by father
Tiba al-Ali, an Iraqi YouTube star was murdered by her father in an honour killing crime, when she visited Iraq from Istanbul in January, sparking huge outrage in the country. In 2017, when she was 1…
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Police probe death of 2 women in Koforidua
Police in Koforidua are investigating the deaths of two women who met their untimely deaths separately on Monday morning. The first woman, an elderly woman, died on the spot after being knocked down …
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29-year-old DJ found dead in Police cell in Mankessim
A 29-year-old disk jockey with Mankessim-based coastal FM, Kwame Egyama, who is also a taxi driver, has been found dead in a police cell in Mankessim in the Central Region. Egyama was arrested by the…
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Scrap collector jailed 6 months for unlawful entry, damage and stealing
A Circuit Court in Dormaa-Ahenkro has sentenced Akwasi Boateng, a 28-year-old scrap collector, to six months in hard labor for unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage, and stealing an air conditioner…
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Police officer’s attempted apprehension leads to accident on Tema Motorway
Gridlock has taken over the Tema motorway following a crash that has left about three persons injured. According to reports, the crash was caused by a police officer in an attempt to allegedly arrest…
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About 700 fake electricity metres intercepted at Dabala in the Volta Region
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted over 700 fake metres at Dabala Junction Checkpoint in the Volta Region. The confiscation of these fake metres took place on 2…
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Police apprehend serial MoMo fraudster in Kasoa
The Kasoa Akweley District Court, presided over by His Worship Stephen Ofori Akrasi, has granted bail to a serial mobile money (MoMo) fraudster operating in Kasoa and its neighbouring areas in the Ce…