Crime
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EOCO arrests seven suspects engaged in cybercrime
Seven people have been picked up by the Economic and Organised Crime office (EOCO) for their alleged involvement in cybercrime activities. The suspects were arrested following an intelligence-led swo…
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[Mankessim murder] Suspects killed a trader, too; they’re ritual murderers – Police
Police investigations into the Mankessim murder case have established that the two suspects, Michael Darko, alias Nana 1; and Christopher Ekow Clarke, have murdered one other person bringing to two t…
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[Mankessim murder] Third suspect arrested for digging victim’s ‘grave’
Another suspect has been arrested in connection with the ritual murder in Mankessim of a student nurse, Georgina Asor Botchwey. The Ghana News Agency, reported the name of the suspect as one Abbey, h…
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10 arrested over illegal electricity connection at Atwima Nwabiagya
10 persons within the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal electricity connections in the area. In a joint operation conducted by o…
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Farmer ‘gifted’ 7 years imprisonment for luring and defiling 15-year-old girl
A 25-year-old farmer, who lured a 15-year-old girl at Bisa near Asesewa in the Eastern Region into his kitchen and defiled her, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Odumase-Krobo Circ…
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Female house help murdered in mistress’ house
A 23-year-old female house help has been murdered at Awomaso in the Ashanti Region. The deceased identified as Akua Kyem is reported to have died in the house of her mistress, Mama Jane, whom she wor…
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[Aisha Huang’s case] Court throws out bail request for 2nd time, adjourns case
An Accra Circuit Court has thrown out a bail application by lawyers for Aisha Huang and some 3 other Chinese Nationals for a second time. This follows their reappearance in court after an initial adj…
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[Wa serial killings] 18 suspects arrested so far – Ghana Police Service
The Ghana Police Service has indicated that it has arrested 18 suspects in connection with the recent murders of security guards in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa. The Upper West Regional Police…
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Man boils 8-year-old daughter’s hand for destroying phone
As punishment for destroying a neighbour’s mobile phone, a father, who identified himself as Bright Mawuena, forced the left hand of his own eight-year-old daughter in boiling water until her fingers…
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[Mankessim murder] Blow by blow account of how brother of victim solved case
For over three weeks, the family of 25-year-old Georgina Asor Botchwey sat on edge following the disappearance of their daughter. The last time they heard from Georgina, she had bid them farewell at …