By Gifty Amofa, GNA Accra, Jan. 14, GNA – The Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects alleged to be part of a syndicate using…
Court & Crime
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Absconding father remanded over death of seven-year-old daughter
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 13, GNA – The Gbese District Court Tuesday remanded a 40-year-old acrobat, Henry Amartey, into police custody for allegedly…
Two cleared as State withdraws charges in $8m romance scam
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 13, GNA – The State has withdrawn charges against two alleged accomplices in the eight-million-dollar romance scam case involving…
Abutia Paramount Chief demands maximum punishment for Kalakpa Guard KillersÂ
By Frank Kwame Abbor Abutia-Teti (V/R), Jan. 13, GNA – Togbega Abutia Kodzo Gidi V, Paramount Chief of the Abutia Traditional Area, has condemned the killing of a Kalakpa Game Reserve officer, demanding the…
Tema police arrest two with 1,613 parcels of suspected narcotic substanceÂ
By Laudia Anyorkor Nunoo   Tema, Jan. 13, GNA – The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested two men and intercepted a total of 1,613 parcels of substances…
Chairman Wontumi’s trial: State’s first witness cross-examinedÂ
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 13, GNA – The State has called its first witness in the case involving Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman…
Anti-Landguard unit of the Greater Accra Regional Police nabs six notorious landguards at Trasacco
Accra, Jan 13, GNA-Panic and fear briefly gripped the usually serene Trasacco enclave when gunshots rang out during a violent confrontation allegedly involving some…
Court grants bail to Oyarifa apartment fire suspects
By Joyce Danso, GNA Accra, Jan. 12, GNA – An Adenta Circuit Court has granted bail to two persons accused of setting fire to a two-bedroom apartment at Oyarifa Anointed Down,…
Armed men rob Dorima Enterprise at Akatsi, escape with cash
By Agbaxode Emmanuel Akatsi (VR), Jan. 12, GNA – A group of armed men has attacked Dorima Enterprise, a popular drink depot at the Monome-Bypass Junction in Akatsi, making away with…
Wenchi police arrest farmer for allegedly murdering sibling at Amponsakrom
By Dennis Peprah, GNAÂ Â Amponsakrom, (Bono), Jan. 12, GNA – The Wenchi police in the Bono Region have arrested and placed in custody a farmer…
Tailor fined GHC12,000 for false Tradition Rice TikTok claims
By Gifty Amofa, GNA Accra, Jan. 11, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a tailor to a fine of 1,000 penalty units, equivalent…
Six suspected land guards arrested, firearms recoveredÂ
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 11, GNA- The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested six persons suspected of engaging in land guard activities…
Obuasi Circuit Court remands nine for attacking policeÂ
By Gifty Amofa  Accra, Jan. 11, GNA – The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded nine persons into prison custody for allegedly assaulting police officers at Tweapease Senior…
Five arrested for alleged kidnapping, GHC400,000 ransom demandÂ
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 11, GNA- The Nsawam District Police Command has arrested five persons for allegedly kidnapping two men. The suspects are…
Wildlife guard killed by suspected poachers at Kalakpa Resource Reserve
By Frank Kwame Abbor Abutia (V/R), Jan 11, GNA – A wildlife resource guard has been shot dead by suspected poachers at the Kalakpa Resource Reserve in Abutia, Ho…
Interdicted Fire Service officers in journalist assault case must be named for transparency – WAESÂ
By Michael Foli Jackidy Ho (V/R), Jan. 11, GNA – The West Africa Editors Society (WAES) has welcomed reports attributed to President John Dramani Mahama that officers of the…
Court to decide legality of Bawku chief’s detention Â
By Joyce Danso  Accra, Jan. 10, GNA -An Accra High Court is scheduled to hear a writ of habeas corpus on Monday, January 12,…
Police arrest seven-member highway robbery syndicateÂ
Accra, Jan. 10, GNA – The Accra Regional Police Command, in collaboration with the Eastern Regional Police, has arrested seven members of a notorious highway robbery syndicate allegedly…
A 90-year-old man allegedly murdered at Datsiedu-ZiopeÂ
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu, GNA Ziope (V/R), Jan. 10, GNA – Mr Christopher Agboka, also known as Gbagbladza, a 90-year-old man at Datsiedu-Ziope, has reportedly been murdered by Edem Kpotsodzi, a 32-year-old farmer. The incident, which occurred…
Police seize bus with 1,050 rounds; driver, mate heldÂ
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 8, GNA- A driver and his mate have been arrested and detained by the Police after a fertilizer sack…
Berekum Court remands man over attempted murder chargesÂ
By Gifty Amofa  Accra, Jan. 8, GNA – The Berekum Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Osei Kofi Amoako, has remanded Emmanuel Yeboah into…
Court remands five in Kade SHTS teacher assaultÂ
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 8, GNA- The Kade District Court has remanded five persons for assaulting a teacher of Kade Senior High Technical School, following…
Ofori-Atta detained by US Immigration and Customs EnforcementÂ
By Joyce Danso Accra, Jan. 8, GNA – Ken Ofori-Atta, a former Finance Minister, has been detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Immigration Service arrests foreign nationals for counterfeiting and cyber fraudÂ
Accra, Jan 7, GNA – The Weija Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) arrested 11 foreign nationals involved in counterfeit money printing…