Crime
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15 people apprehended for indulging in improper waste disposal, open defecation
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested 15 people for dumping refuse at unauthorised places and indulging in open defecation contrary to Section 56(a) and (b) of Act 851, Public Health Act…
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Speeding Range Rover crushes robber to death at Gomoa Ojobi
A member of a six-man armed robbery gang was knocked to death during an operation on a filling station at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region. The incident according to Despite Media’s Jacob Kubi occur…
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1 dead, 3 wounded after gunshots at a funeral gathering
One person has been killed after gunshots were fired at the funeral grounds of a late taxi driver, Owusu Banaahene, at Gyankobaa, in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Thr…
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2 graduate purportedly stoned to death at a ‘galamsey’ site
A 22-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate, Evans Wireko, has been stoned to death at a ‘galamsey’ site by some persons at Fobinso near Denkyira Obuasi now New Obuasi in the Upper Denkyira West …
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Bolga High Court has issued arrest warrant for Mamprugu overlord
The Bolgatanga High Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Nayiri of the Mamprugu traditional area, Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, and his kingmakers. This is on the back of an ex parte…
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Illegal miners take charge and destroy over 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase
Illegal miners have taken over close to 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase in the Asante Akyem South municipality, polluting the River Anuru, the only water source in the area. The communities alo…
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Police arrests purported land guards at Adjiringanor
The Accra Regional Police have swiftly made arrest of alleged armed land guards over a parcel of land at Adjiringanor, near East Legon in Accra. The security personnel acted on a tip off after a Peac…
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Old man apprehended for defiling 25-year-old woman
A 70-year-old man is in the grips of the Bimbilla police in Nanumba North municipality in the Northern region for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman. According to reports, the man claimed to be a n…
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[A.S] Man faces court for purportedly defiling 3 school girls at the same time
A man, identified simply as Hamid, has been arraigned before the Agona Swedru Circuit Court for allegedly defiling three school girls at the same time. Information gathered indicates that the suspect…
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‘Self-appointed’ chief apprehended over purported recruitment fraud
The Abura Dunkwa Circuit Court in the Central Region has granted a GHC6,000 bail to a self-acclaimed Chief of Abura Dunkwa, Nana Okromansa Ofosu Amoah IV, for allegedly defrauding three persons. The …