Crime
Stories in this category
Police launch manhunt after mother allegedly abuses 12-year-old daughter in Abrabra
The Western North Regional Police Command has launched a manhunt for a woman accused of abusing her 12-year-old daughter with a copper wire at Sefwi Abrabra in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality. The suspect, identified as Diana Kwarteng, believed to be in her late thirties, reportedly assaulted her daughter after the child...
Ex-convict jailed for unlawful entry and stealing
The District Magistrate Court One in Tarkwa has sentenced Shadrack Cobbinah, an unemployed man, to two years imprisonment in hard labour for unlawful entry and stealing.
Mason remanded by Assin Fosu court over alleged robbery attack on farmer
A 40-year-old mason has been remanded into police custody for one week by a district court in Assin Fosu over his alleged involvement in a robbery attack that left a farmer with multiple cutlass wounds. Kofi Awuakye appeared before the Assin Fosu District Court on charges of unlawful entry, unlawful possession and use...
Police arrest man over viral video that sparked public fear
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly causing fear and panic following the circulation of a disturbing video on social media.
Cartoon or Crime? Free expression on trial in Ghana’s democracy
When satire becomes a handcuff offence, a nation must ask itself, “Are we protecting leadership or silencing truth?” The arrest and remand of individuals accused of digitally manipulating images of public officials has ignited a national conversation that Ghana can no longer avoid. At the centre of the storm lies a dif...
Police arrest seven traders over suspected adulterated palm oil in Koforidua
The Ghana Police Service, through the Koforidua Central Police Command, has arrested seven female traders for allegedly possessing and selling palm oil suspected to be adulterated with Sudan dye, a substance banned for use in food products.
Ringleader of suspected human trafficking network arrested in Ethiopia
Police in Ethiopia have arrested a man accused of being at the centre of a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking ring that since 2018 has lured thousands of people to Libya, where they hoped to travel on to Europe. Yetbarek Dawit is alleged to have operated five detention warehouses in Libya, torturing m...
Three students remanded over alleged armed robbery
Three Level 400 students of the University for Development Studies (UDS) have been remanded into police custody for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery incident. The suspects are reported to be from the Nyankpala and Dungu campuses of the university. The accused persons were put before a court and subsequentl...
Three arrested as NACOC raids cannabis production hub in Volta Region
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested three suspects following an intelligence-led operation that uncovered what authorities describe as a fully operational cannabis production and distribution hub in the Volta Region. According to a statement issued by the Commission on Monday, June 22, 2026, the overn...
Free speech: Abronye crossed legal boundaries — Ibrahim Halidu
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communications team Ibrahim Halidu says politicians who make inflammatory or unlawful public remarks must be held accountable, as debate continues over the detention of the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye...
G.A. Agbesinyale writes: Sedina Tamakloe Attionu in a comfortable lead to Accra
Irony of ironies. Who would have believed how things have turned out this week in the Republic’s extradition matters? Earlier this year, our now stupefied-into-silence Attorney General announced to the world that he had proceeded with the extradition of Ken Ofori-Atta, former Finance Minister, and Sedina Attionu, forme...
Suspected illegal loggers shoot forest guard at Abesewa
A forest guard has been critically injured after suspected illegal loggers allegedly shot him during a confrontation at a newly established forest plantation at Abesewa in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. The armed suspects are said to have attempted to enter the plantation to fell trees illegal...