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Adum: Police Inspector killed lover over GH¢‎5k debt – Prosecution

3,415      It has emerged that the Police Inspector, Ahmed Twumasi, arrested for killing his lover in Adum in the Ashanti Region committed the act after his lover refused to refund a GH¢5000 debt owed him. According to the prosecution, investigations have established that the police officer after having a misunderstanding with the deceased […]

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Kumasi Central Police Command Accused Of Power Theft By ECG

2,379  Kumasi Central Police command has been fingered by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for engaging in illegal connection and as a result, has been disconnected from the national grid The Managing Director of ECG Mr. Samuel Dubik Mahama confirmed the theft and revealed that it was done through some illegal connection during monitoring […]

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Kenyan national arrested for smuggling 11.4kg of cocaine at KIA

2,094    The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) arrested a Kenyan national for smuggling 11.04 kilogrammes of cocaine worth $309,120 at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Saturday, April 15. The Commission in a statement of April 17 noted that the suspect, Njeri Mary, 35, was apprehended by its officials during routine checks at the arrival […]

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Police shoot 2, brutalise another for besieging station at Sefwi Bekwai to demand release of suspect

1,674  Police in Sefwi Bekwai in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region are reported to have shot two persons and brutalised another. According to media reports, the two – a male and a female sustained various degrees of injuries and have since been hospitalised at the Green Shield Hospital at Sefwi […]

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Withdrawing money from a deceased’s account to organise funeral is a criminal offence – Lawyer

2,260  A private legal practitioner, Albert Gyamfi, has described the act of family members withdrawing money from the bank account of a deceased to organise their funeral as a criminal offence that is punishable by law. According to the lawyer, although this is a common practice in the Ghanaian sociocultural context, the act, by law, […]

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Sakawa Puts Ghana as a Major Cyber crime Hub Globally- EOCO Boss

1,825The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office(EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaah Addo-Danquah has expressed that the Ghanaian term for illegal practices in the cyber space(Sakawa) has placed Ghana as major cybercrime hub across the globe. Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, speaking on the Theme; “Building a Sustainable Cyber crime-free Soceity for Economic […]