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  • Ghanaian arrested for illegal mining in Nigeria

    A Ghanaian national has been arrested for engaging in illegal mining in Nigeria.

    The Guardian newspaper reports that the Ghanaian was arrested along with 10 Chinese nationals and three Nigerians during a raid on four illegal mining sites in the Osun State.

    The raided sites were Itagunmodi, Igun, and Ariye I & II, all in Atakunmosa-West Local Government Area of the State. The raid followed a tip-off by members of the public. The operation which lasted about two hours was carried out at all the illegal mining sites in the council area.

    Speaking with journalists after the operation, the Director-General, Amotekun Corps in the state, Amitolu Shittu, said the operation was part of the state government resolve to clear the state of economic saboteurs.

    He added that the Joint Task Force (JTF) was inaugurated to free the state of criminal activities, including kidnapping and illegal mining across the state, saying Governor Adegboyega Oyetola is committed to his pledge.

    Shittu commended the JTF comprising Nigerian Army, Air force, Navy, Police, DSS, NSCDC, and Immigration for their cooperation with Amotekun corps to make the operation a success.

     

    Source:  graphic.com.gh

  • Man arrested over coronavirus misinformation

    National Security operatives have arrested a man for inciting the public and propagating misinformation after he was seen in a viral video asking the public to “get angry at and rise against President Akufo-Addo,” for allowing telecommunication companies to lay cables for 5G technology.

    Video of Bless Amedeve, aka Don Dada, a security guard, linking the coronavirus disease to an alleged rollout of 5G technology along with calls on people to kill any police officer who stops them, went viral last month.

    He has been placed in custody of the National Security after being remanded to reappear on May 22, 2020, following his arrest last Friday.

    Bless, who now feels remorseful, had said in the video that the coronavirus was a hoax and deception by the President to lay cables for the 5G technology.

    According to him, the President, in connivance with the telecom companies, is determined to foist the 5G technology on Ghanaians, claiming that the technology is the source of deaths reported across the globe, and not Covid-19.

    For him, it was “disgusting” for the President to lockdown some parts of the country under the pretext of containing the virus when he knew the 5G was the source of the problem, charging people to “rise against President Akufo-Addo and kill any police officer who accosts you.”

    Scientists have described such theories linking coronavirus to the 5G technology as “a physical and biological impossibility,” yet many people appear to have bought into it.

    The National Security said the arrested man was being questioned in a joint investigation, pending his reappearance in court.

     

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Two notorious drug dealers arrested at Assin Nduaso

    Police in Assin Fosu have arrested two notorious drug dealers at Assin Nduaso in the Assin North District of the Central Region.

    Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Patrol Team acted upon a tip-off and arrested the two suspects.

    They are 47-year-old Edward Asante, locally known as Agya Amadu and Razak Ibrahim, 32 years.

    Two separate quantities of plant substances suspected to be narcotic drugs, three smoking lighters, Paper wrappers, and a pair of scissors concealed in a polythene bag were found on them upon a search was conducted.

    According to the Police, the arrest follows continuous surveillance on Razak Ibrahim, a native of Sabongida near Tamale in the Northern Region, who supplies the drug to Edward Asante, a native of Assin Nduaso. The retrieved exhibits have been retained as evidence.

    Police say the suspects have been on their wanted before the arrest and have vowed to arrest others in the illicit drug trade.

    The two suspects who are currently in police custody will be processed for court after investigations.

     

    Source: Kasapa FM

  • 8 arrested for illegal bunkering in Western Region

    The Ghana Maritime Authority in collaboration with the Marine Police and the Western Naval Command has arrested eight persons suspected to be engaged in illegal oil bunkering along the coast of the Western Region.

    They were arrested by a patrol team on Wednesday dawn while returning to their base after their daily routine.

    But the patrol team spotted a wooden boat in an unusual position, approached it and saw eight persons on board.

    Upon a search, they discovered that the specially made wooden boat had thousands of litters of oil referred to as “remaining on board” beneath it.

    They were then escorted to the Sekondi Naval Base, where the product and the wooden boat were confiscated with the eight suspects handed over to the police.

    Marine Police Commander ACP Seidu Iddi told 3news.com that all the eight suspects are Ghanaians and are believed to be residents of Sekondi-Takoradi.

    “The eight young men are being held in our office. We will immediately commence investigations and process them for court. At the same time, we are going to hand over the product to the appropriate state agency.”

    Since March this year, the Ghana Maritime Authority together with the Marine Police and the Western Police Command have been patrolling the coast of the Western and Central regions to clamp down on illegal activities including oil bunkering and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

    Western Region Director of the Ghana Maritime Authority Captain William Esson Thompson explained that since the operation began, they have made significant arrests.

    “We have made several arrests on many illegalities committed at sea since we combined forces for the patrols. But with specific reference to the oil bunkering, only last week we made an arrest. On top of my head, I can count more than six arrests.”

    He added: “These boats are used for smuggling; they are not registered in any form and so we cannot account for them. The product is definitely stolen from somewhere. So, the question is where was it stolen from and is it suitable for our local market? If it is not, it means it ends up at pump stations and in your car and my car and they start to malfunction. We are also worried about our environment as well because of the haste with which they are discharged both at sea and on land.”

    Illegal bunkering

    Some supply vessels that call at the Takoradi Port to supply petroleum products are suspected to be the trade-off point for the illegal oil bunkering.

    They normally sell off their remaining petroleum products referred to as “remaining on board” after they have supplied to the original customers.

    The petroleum products, mostly diesel, are pumped from the supply ships at the anchorage using specially made canoes designed for that purpose, with the inside lined with plastic to avoid contamination and leakage.

    The fuel is then transported to filling stations in the Takoradi metropolis and subsequently sold to the public.

    The Ghana Maritime Authority is working on a law that will give it the power to burn boats caught engaging in illegal oil bunkering.

  • 27 Nigerian ‘okada’ riders arrested for using illegal routes to enter Ghana

    Some 27 Nigerians have been arrested at Ketu South for using illegal routes to enter the country.

    They are said to be ‘Okada’ riders in Nigeria but decided to move to Ghana to ply their trade due to the lockdown directive in Lagos and Abuja.

    The Nigerian men when arrested said they planned on travelling to Aflao in the Volta region to indulge in trade activities.

    Municipal Chief Executive of Ketu South Elliot Agbenorwu says the 27 men are currently being questioned and after all necessary interrogations are done, they will be sent back to Nigeria.

    The Ghana Immigration Service recently disclosed that some Ghanaians are helping foreigners to enter the country through illegal routes.

    This was after President Akufo-Addo directed for the closure of all borders of the country to help combat COVID-19.

    “We have noted especially at the Afloa border stretch various attempts by individuals both foreigners and Ghanaians to enter illegally. They have been intercepted by the border patrol…” Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCGI) in-charge of Command Post and Operations, Mr Laud Kwesi Affrifah said.

    But he explained that community members along the Afloa border are helping foreigners to enter the country without going through the mandatory self-quarantine and testing for Covid-19

     

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Suspected robbers arrested

    Five members of a robbery gang operating within Amasaman, Sowutoum and Tabora have been arrested by personnel of the Accra Regional Police Command.

    The suspects are Stephen Wajah Sakibu, aged 37, Muntari Ibrahim, aged 29, Prince Ayitey Tagoe, Abubakari Sadik Frenchman (a national of Guinea) and Evans Nortey.

    Eight of their victims have since identified them as their attackers, according to the police, and are assisting in investigations.

    The Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Frederick Adu Anim, who briefed the media on the arrest, said two of the robbers, Wajah and Ibrahim, were earlier arrested by Amasaman Police for unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition; and the others during investigations by the regional operations unit.

    He said on March 9, 2020, around 11:30pm, the Amasaman patrol team arrested the two suspects while on their routine patrols at Amomorley junction, near Pokuase.

    He revealed that the suspects were spotted in a KIA Picanto taxi cab with registration number GE 5475-17 driven by suspect Ibrahim.

    “A search conducted on them led to the retrieval of two pistols and other incriminating items,” he said.

    DCOP Frederick Adu Anim added that suspects Sakibu and Ibrahim were transferred to the Regional CID/Accra on March 17, 2020 for further investigations.

    “The suspects later confessed to committing a series of robberies and mentioned their accomplices as Tagoe, Frenchman and Nortey,” he mentioned.

    The Accra Regional Police Commander continued that Tagoe was arrested at Mankrong where five mobile phones and assorted credit cards were retrieved from him.

    Suspect Frenchman was arrested at Olebu Estates, where three mobile phones were retrieved from him. Suspect Nortey was arrested at Odumase and a locally manufactured pistol, eight BB cartridges, three AA cartridges, a pair of handcuffs, six mobile phones and assorted credit cards and a car ignition key suspected to be stolen were found on him.

    DCOP Adu Anim said when Nortey was interrogated he confessed that the ignition key found belonged to a Toyota Yaris which he and his accomplices snatched from the owner on February 25, 2020 at Israel Lomnava.

    He said the vehicle was yet to be retrieved from where it had been parked by the robbers.

    “All five suspects gave different accounts of the series of robberies they had committed including the attacks on mobile money vendors in and around Tabora-Alhaji on two separate occasions from where they raked in an amount of GH¢10,000.00 and assorted credit cards from the victim; they also carried out similar attacks on victims at Ablekuma-Fanmilk, Santa Maria, Sowutuom, Olebu, Pokuase station and Amasaman,” he said.

    He said further investigations by the police established that the Kia Picanto taxi Cab which Wajah and Ibrahim were driving on the day of arrest was snatched from its owner at Sowutuom Lomnava on February 26, 2020 around 10:00pm at gunpoint.

    The regional commander said the eight victims, who reported at the station to identify the suspects during the identification parade, were all mobile money vendors.

     

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Man, 24, arrested for stabbing woman multiple times to death at Nkawkaw

    A 24-year-old bread seller at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region has died after a man allegedly stabbed her several times in her abdomen.

    Esther Afrifa who trades by the roadside in Asona, a suburb of Nkawkaw was said to have been attacked by her assailant while trading at about 10 pm on Friday.

    A statement issued by DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, the Regional Police PRO said Emmanuel Oppong Yeboah, husband of the deceased accompanied by one George Frimpong came to Nkawkaw Central Police Station to report that his wife, had been stabbed by Yaw Johnson, 24, without any provocation.

    The statement said the deceased was rushed to Holy Family Hospital, Nkawkaw for treatment but died eventually.

    The Police say they proceeded to the Hospital and found the deceased at the mortuary with multiple knife wounds in her abdomen and on her two hands.

    Preliminary investigations led the police to Odumasu, a village near Nkawkaw where suspect Yaw Johnson was apprehended.

    Source: www.myjoyonline.com

  • Police arrest 12 robbery, kidnapping suspects in Ashanti Region

    The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 12 persons suspected to be kidnappers involved in recent cases of robberies and kidnapping of Fulani herdsmen and their dependents around Ejura, Mampong and Akomadan areas of the Ashanti Region.

    The suspects who are also believed to be Fulanis are Dube Baru alias lawuga, 29, Abdulai Mahamadu, 29, Karim Abdulai, 37, Sulematta Ali, 32, Yusif Musah, 40 and Halidu Ali, 25.

    The others are Ali Mama, 40, Abubakari Gariba, 20, Gariba Maanu, 40, Bella Amadu, 27, Alidu Amadu, 18, and Ali Abraham, 20.

    A press statement signed by the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Godwin Ahianyo, said the 12 suspects have already been identified by their victims and have since been remanded by the District Courts to re-appear on separate dates.

    The statement noted however that the Police suspect them for other similar crimes and are therefore urging all persons within the Ashanti Region, particularly in and around Ejura, Mampong and Akomadun who have been victims or robberies and kidnapping by Fulani Herdsmen in particular to report to the Regional Police Headquarters to assist in investigation.

     

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • NACOB grabs 51-year-old man over possession of cocaine

    Fifty-one-year-old Oppong Kwaku Owusu, is facing prosecution after he allegedly expelled 100 pellets of some powdery substance suspected to be cocaine.

    This follows his apprehension by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB)on Tuesday, February 18, at the Kotoka International Airport.

    A statement issued by NACOB, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, in Accra, said three parcels of powdery substances suspected to be cocaine were also found concealed in his carryon luggage.

    Owusu was remanded into prison custody when he appeared before the Court on Thursday, February 20, and ordered to reappear on Monday, March 2.

    Explaining the circumstances leading to his arrest, the NACOB statement said Owusu was identified as at the departure hall of KIA on suspicion of having ingested some foreign substance.

    The happened on Tuesday, February 18, at about 1940 hours,
    the statement, signed by Mr Francis Opoku Amoah, the Head, Communications Media Relations & Protocol Unit, said.

    “His carry-on luggage was searched in his presence and three parcels of powdery substances suspected to be cocaine, a narcotic drug were found concealed in it”.

    Upon interrogation, he denied knowledge and ownership of the substance in the bag, but claimed ownership of the clothing in it, and confessed to having ingested similar substance, the statement said.

    “Owusu was put under observation and as of 1200 hours of February 19, 2020, he had expelled 100 pellets of the powdery substance suspected to be cocaine”.

    “In his investigative cautioned statement, the suspect stated that, he was contracted by one Alhaji, a Ghanaian resident in Amsterdam to acquire and transport some drugs for a fee of €1500.00”.

    However, he declined to give full details of all his contacts, the statement said.

    It gave the assurance that the exhibits – the three parcels and 100 pellets of whitish powdery substances – would be forwarded to the Ghana Standards Authority for analytical examination and report.

    Owusu, the statement said, carried a Ghanaian passport with the Number G2563315, issued in Accra on August 22, 2019, which was expected to expire on August 21, 2029.

    Additionally, he possessed the Kingdom of The Netherlands passport with the number NYDK14RP7, issued on December 15, 2015 and expected to expire on December 15, 2025.

    The Narcotics Control Board, the statement said, would continue to collaborate and partner with other stakeholders and international partners to make Ghana, and in particular the Kotoka International Airport, unattractive for drug traffickers.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Six persons arrested over missing excavators

    The Ghana Police Serice has announced the arrest of six persons over missing excavators and other equipment seized by operatives of Operation Vanguard.

    The six persons arrested so far are; Horace Ekow Ewusi, Frederick Ewusi, Joel Asamoah, Adnan Haruna, Frank Gyan and John Arhin.

    According to the police, all suspects are currently in police custody assisting investigations.

    Horace Ekow Ewusi, suspended First Vice-Chair of the Central Region is alleged to have a hand in the missing excavators, hence, the invitation to assist the CID to unravel the circumstances that led to the missing of the earth moving equipment.

    His arrest was triggered by a request from the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, to the Director-General, CID Headquarters, Accra, to commence investigations into the missing excavators and some other equipment.

    “Mr. Ekow Ewusi was contracted to cart excavators and other vehicles and pieces of equipment seized by Operation Vanguard to designated areas for safekeeping. We have received information that he sent an unknown number of equipment to unauthorized locations, including one in Tema. This was confirmed by the caretaker of the depot in Tema. Information reaching me indicates that he has sold an unknown number of the pieces of equipment, including excavators. I wish to appeal to the Police Authorities to investigate the matter”, the letter dated February 3, 2020, and requesting the Police to probe into the matter in part read.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh