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  • Former sub-chief of Foase remanded for stealing ¢20K from teacher

    The former Twafuohene a sub-chief of Foase in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court for stealing.

    Charles Manu is said to have stolen ¢20,000 from a teacher, who wanted to buy a piece of land from him.

    His plea was not taken and would reappear before the court presided by Mr Johnson Abbey on May 26, this year.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sylvanus Dalmeida told the court that, the complainant was a teacher at Kotwi-Amanfrom, while the accused was former sub-chief of Foase.

    He said in November 2018, Manu, on behalf of one Nana Agyei, a witness in the case sold four building plots of land to the complainant and collected an initial amount of ¢20,000 leaving a balance of ¢28,000 to be paid later.

    DSP Dalmeida said in October 2019, when the complainant went to Nana Agyei to pay the balance, she was told that the accused did not give the initial amount to the owner of the land.

    He said the complainant made a report to the Nkawie Police and the accused was arrested and during interrogation, he admitted to having used the money.

    The prosecution said after investigations, the police charged him and brought him before the court.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • 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

  • 3 remanded for posing as Forestry Commission officials, duping people

    The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded three suspects for duping hundreds of people of varied amount of money under the pretext of securing them employment with the Forestry Commission.

    The suspects, Prince Adams Senahia, aged 20; Olongo Philip aged 19 and a 17-year-old minor; were posing as officers of the commission using the name of the Executive Director for Forest Services Division, Oppong Sasu to dupe people.

    Some of the victims reported the issue to the Achimota police leading to the arrest of the suspects.

    The three were charged with impersonation and defrauding by false pretense and were subsequently arraigned before court.

    His Lordship Marful Sau after taking the plea of the suspects remanded them for investigations to continue.

    The court later adjourned the case to May 23, 2020.

    Speaking to Adom News after the court proceeding, the Corporate Affairs and Media Relations Manager of the Forestry Commission, Joyce Ofori Kwafo warned the public to disregard people who pose as middlemen to secure employment for them.

    According to her, the commission does not also use individuals to recruit people for employment.

     

    Source: Adom News

  • Techiman: Armed robbers rob bullion van of GH¢600,000

    Armed robbers numbering about four on Friday evening attacked a bullion van belonging to the Absa Bank at gunpoint at Mmaampehia near Techiman in the Bono East Region and stole over GH¢600,000 contained in the van.

    Reports say the robbers who were wielding guns attacked the van and its occupants at about 5.30 pm wounding the driver and a police officer on board in the process before fleeing with their booty.

    The report identified the driver of the van with registration number GT 3181 – W, as Frank Agyeman, the police officer as Lance Corporal Yussif Abubakar and an official of the bank on board as Sampson Kofi Sarfo.

    The robbers were said to have bolted away with an AK 47 rifle loaded with 19 rounds of ammunition together with the police officer’s armour into the nearby bush.

    Confirmation

    The Bono East Regional Police Commander, DCOP Djan Kyere confirmed the story and stated that GH¢ 234,000 out of the amount contained in the bullion van had been retrieved by the police.

    According to him, in their hurry, the robbers left GH¢ 39,000 inside the van while GH¢195,000 was also retrieved when the vehicle used to by the robbers was intercepted at Akomadan in the Ashanti Region.

    Sharing booty

    DCOP Kyere explained further that the robbers parked their saloon car in front of an uncompleted gari processing factory at Akomadan to share their booty.

    He said in the process they were spotted by a police guard who called for reinforcement for the arrest of the perpetrators.

    Police reinforcement

    DCOP Kyere said when the police reinforcement arrived, the robbers had run away leaving behind the saloon car they used for the operation, GHC 195,000 out of the booty and a G3 gun and an action pump gun behind.

    They, however went away with the AK 47 they seized from the policeman on board the bullion van and another one they used in their operation.

    DCOP Kyere explained that one person who had shown up to claim the ownership of the vehicle used by the robbers for the robbery had been arrested for interrogation.

    The victims of the robbery who were rushed to the Techiman Holy Family Hospital have have been treated and discharged while the bullion van has been towed to the Techiman Police Station.

    DCOP Kyere added that the police were still investigating the matter for arrest of the robbers who were believed to be still hiding the Ashanti Region.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Techiman: Absa Bank bullion van robbed GHS638, 000

    A bullion van belonging to Absa Bank was on Friday afternoon robbed at gunpoint by 8 unmasked men at Maapehia on the Techiman Sunyani in the Bono East Region.

    The incident happened when one Lance Corporal Yussif Abubakar , a Police officer stationed at Tanoso District Headquarters on board  the bullion van with registration  GT 3181- W  driven by Frank Agyemang age 44 years and  Sampson Kofi Sarfo age 45 years  on special duty was heading from Techiman towards Sunyani at about 3:30pm.

    Just on reaching Maapehia eight (8) unmasked men wielded armed with a pump action gun attacked and opened gun fire at them and wounded the driver on his right arm and the Police officer on the left arm.

    The robbers robbed them of cash the sum of GHS 638,000, one Tecno mobile phone and one Infinix mobile phone.

    According to the police, the robbers also took away an AK 47 service rifle Number AZ 5522 loaded with 19 rounds of ammunition together with Police body armour into the nearby bush and bolted.

    The robbery victims were rushed to Holy Family Hospital in Techiman where they were treated and discharged while the bullion van was towed to the station and impounded for investigation.

    Credit: MyNewsGh

  • Police give chief 48 hours to produce banished boy

    The Nkwanta South Police Command has given Nana Poku Antoh III, Paramount Chief of Tutukpene in the Oti Region, 48 hours to produce a 17-year-old boy he had banished for stealing.

    The lad, a primary six pupil of the Tutukpene Municipal Assembly Basic School, was on Friday, April 24, allegedly caught breaking into a room, and was the same day, banished by the Chief and his elders.

    Superintendent Lawson Lartey, the Municipal Police Commander of the Oti Region, summoned the community leadership over the matter and said failure to produce the boy would land them in the grips of the Law.

    The Commander condemned the action of the community, saying the practice of banishment was not covered by Law and was an abusive act.

    Mr Lartey advised that traditional leaders worked more with State structures in fighting crime, and asked that they aligned customs and traditions to fundamental human rights.

    The Chief is said to have prohibited anyone from tracing the boy, with his family expressing fear of losing him to hunger and disease.

    “My son can die of hunger or be affected by this Coronavirus”, Afua Amoah, mother of the boy said, and appealed to the public to help find him.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Woman, lover arrested for plotting to kill husband

    The Manhyia Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested a wedded wife and her boyfriend for conniving to kill her husband at Pamen near Kwabeng in the Eastern region.

    The two were arrested after they mistook the would-be contract killer’s cell phone number for Manhyia Divisional Police Commander’s.

    The 27-year-old suspect, Mavis Brepor popularly called Maadwoa, married to David Gator, 52, with three children, planned with her 50-year-old boyfriend, Patrick Asare, to kill her husband so that they could settle down.

    ACP Kwaku Buah, the Manhyia Divisional Police Commander, told Class News’ regional correspondent, Elisha Adarkwah, that Patrick Asare while dialling the cell phone number of the would-be contract killer mistakenly mixed up some of the digits and called him.

    He said during a conversation with him, it came to light that Patrick Asare, popularly called Coach, was ready to pay an amount of GHS100,000 to execute the killing.

    The Police Commander feigned interest in the contract and used undercover investigators and detectives to talk to the suspect.

    Mr Buah said it took the Police about three to four weeks to lure the suspect to come to Kumasi after they made him believe throughout the cell phone conversations that they were contract killers from Sefwi.

    He said they told him [suspecct] to come to Kumasi so that they could follow him to the town to execute the killing since they did not know the town.

    The suspect, he said admitted in his caution statement after his arrest that he conspired with Gator’s wife to kill him so that they could freely go on with their relationship.

    The suspect led the Police to Pamen where Mavis was also arrested.

    The suspects are currently in Police custody and being processed for court.

    Mavis told Elisha Adarkwah that the boyfriend, Patrick Asare, used “juju” on her, confusing her to conspire with him.

    She pleaded for forgiveness.

    Source: Class FM

  • Community banishes 17-year-old boy for stealing

    A 17-year-old boy has been banished from the Tutukpene community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region for stealing.

    Mr Prosper Amoah, father of the boy, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that his son, a primary six pupil of the Tutukpene Municipal Assembly Basic School, was on Friday, April 24, allegedly caught breaking into a room, and was ousted by the community leaders, forbidding him from returning to the area.

    He said his son was taken to a nearby stream by the Chief and elders where he was ceremoniously banished – forced to cross the stream and had since not been seen.

    Mr Amoah said the Chief had barred everyone from trailing him.

    “They threatened to banish us also if we tried to follow him. I am very worried about the whereabouts of my son”, Mrs Afua Amoah, mother of the boy cried, appealing to relevant authorities to come to their aid.

    Nana Poku Antoh III, Paramount Chief of Tutukpene, debunked the incident when contacted by the GNA, saying “nothing of the sort occurred in my area.”

    Mr Innocent Komla Agbolosu, Head the Social Welfare Department in the Municipality said the purported banishment was unlawful, and promised to ensure that the incident was properly addressed.

     

    Source: GNA

  • 4 QNET agents arrested in suspected employment scam that has left 29 foreigners stranded

    Police at Abuakwa in Kumasi have arrested four people said to be linked to network marketing company, QNET, over suspected scam to which 29 West African nationals have fallen victim.

    The West African nationals were allegedly lured into Ghana under the pretext of securing them jobs in a mining firm for which they were charged $750 each.

    They later discovered they have been recruited to undertake network marketing, something they objected to.

    Efforts to retrieve their monies have been unsuccessful, compelling them to live on the benevolence of people for survival.

    The foreigners, both males and females, include Gambians, Malians and Sierra Leoneans, insist they have been swindled.

    QNET agents I Myjoyonline.com
    Two of the suspects arrested on Friday

    They, however, arrived in Ghana, in February only to learn the deal was rather for network marketing.

    Mohammed Bonga, 29; a Gambian-born Sierra Leonean and Tsiedie, 26, arrived in Ghana on February 25, thinking they have landed their dream job.

    But it turned out to be a fiasco after the supposed agents collected $750 each from them.

    Police at Abuakwa are investigating the matter after initially arresting one person last Thursday.

    Subsequently, three others, including two agents of QNET were picked up on Friday.

    Abuakwa District Commander, Chief Superintendent Yaw Obeng Asubonteng, who confirmed the story say his outfit has launched investigations into the matter.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • 3 armed robbers jailed for robbing, butchering returnee

    The Ofaakor Circuit court presided over by Ebenezer Osei Darko has sentenced three armed robbers to 75 years for robbing a Ghanaian who came into the country from Italy last year.

    The first and second accused Samuel Kweku Nhyira Amoankwando and Kofi Boateng Amoako were charged with conspiracy to rob and robbery, respectively while the third accused, Reuben Sam was charged with conspiracy to commit crime.

    Suspects Nhyira Amoakwandor and Kofi Boateng who pleaded not guilty are to serve 30 years concurrently for each of the counts they were convicted on while Reuben Sam is to serve 15 years.

    Stating the case in court, the prosecutor Ernest Agbo said in November last year, the complainant was robbed and butchered at Gomoa Buduburam.

    This was after his girlfriend, one Naomi Manso allegedly arranged with her local boyfriend who resides at Fetteh Kakraba to rob the businessman after picking him up from the Kotoka International Airport.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Carjackers on the loose, be cautious – Police to public

    The Accra Regional Police Command has issued a public alert, especially to taxicab drivers, about the activities of carjackers in the metropolis.

    The police said although the mode of operations may vary, a common trend is that one or two members of the syndicate hire the services of a taxicab to a particular destination.

    Mid-way through the journey, other accomplices board the vehicle and then conspire to snatch the vehicle at gunpoint.

    The alert follows the arrest of some five suspected carjackers in Accra.

    “Appropriate steps have been taken to prosecute the suspects, however, the Command cautions the general public to be informed of such criminal activities in order to prevent possible theft of their vehicles.

    “Beware if juicy offers, especially at night; reject services to outlandish areas, seek police assistance at snap checkpoints on the least suspicion. If possible, use automobile tracking devices,” the alert signed by ASP Efia Tenge, the PRO of the Accra Regional Police Command said.

     

    Source: Class FM

  • Highway robber busted

    An armed robber who together with four others robbed travelers on the Kpando-Nkonya highway has been arrested by the Police less than 24 hours after the robbery incident.

    37-year-old Amadu Ibrahim was arrested at about 12:00noon last Friday, April 24, 2020, when he was trying to escape the jurisdiction with his share of the booty, including a cash amount of GH? 7,386.10, one iPhone 7 and one Infinix phone.

    A statement released by the Volta Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Cpl. Prince Dogbatse said the gang of five, including Amadu, robbed occupants of a Hyundai mini bus with registration number GT-6645-13 on the highway linking Nkonya Asakyiri and Kpando Agbenorxoe.

    They succeeded in making away with the belongings of their victims; including cash amounting to Ghc 21,250.00, assorted mobile phones and one Macbook laptop computer.

    The Kpando Division received a distress call at about 01:50 am and acted on it immediately, but the robbers fled the scene before their arrival.

    An official complaint was lodged later that day by the victims and investigation commenced into the incident whilst patrol within the area was intensified in pursuit of the robbers.

    At about 12:00 noon same day, one of the suspected robbers, Amadu Ibrahim was arrested at the Have Police Barrier when he was trying to escape from the jurisdiction with his share of the booty.

    Investigations suggest that the mobile phones retrieved from suspect Ibrahim were properties of two of the victims.

    The Police PRO said the suspect is assisting Police investigation so his accomplices can be apprehended.

    Meanwhile, he will be duly arraigned before court.

    Cpl Prince Dogbatse assured residents that the Volta Regional Police Commands’ commitment to fight crime and keep residents safe is resolute.

    He welcomed prompt information from the public on all security issues in their communities and urged all and sundry to comply with the law on Imposition of Restrictions and observe all safety protocols targeted at subduing the Covid-19 pandemic.

     

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Three arrested for attempted robbery at Amasaman

    The Amasaman Police Command has arrested three persons for attempted street robbery at Peace Village, a suburb of Amasaman on Friday, April 24, 2020.

    According to the Police, the suspects Munkaila Mahmud 19, Abbas Haruna, 22 and Eric Agyei, 28, trailed their victim while she was walking home from work and attempted snatching her handbag containing valuables.

    The victim raised alarm which attracted scores of neighbours including the Police who came to her rescue.

    The suspects were overpowered and arrested by the Police.

    In a similar development, the Police in Anyaa arrested one suspect, Nasiru Mohammed on the same day, for attempting to steal from his victims, together with his accomplice now at large.

    A police internal communication revealed that the suspects met their victims at Nii Borttey near Anyaa market and demanded money from them.

    All four suspects are in police custody assisting in investigations.

    Kaneshie police arrest two suspected robbers at Awudome estate

    In similar developments, two persons have been arrested for allegedly attacking a lady with a knife at Awudome, a suburb of Accra. According to a police statement, the robbers attacked her during the early hours of Saturday, April 25, 2020.

    Kpando: Police arrest suspect in highway robbery

    Also, Police in Kpando arrested a man suspected to be part of a gang of five robbers who robbed motorists on the Nkonya Asakyiri to Kpando Agbenorxoe highway on Friday.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Suspected thief lynched for stealing mobile phone and GH¢1,000

    A suspected thief alleged to have stolen a mobile phone valued at GH¢70 and a cash amount of GH¢1,004 at Lingbensi, near Daboya in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region, has been lynched by a mob.

    The deceased, Isaiah Abraham aged 35 years was found dead within the Lingbensi community with bruises all over his body.

    Police

    The Savannah Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Enoch Adutwum Bediako who made this known to Graphic Online said on April 22, 2020, the Assemblymember for Lingbensi electoral area accompanied by Set Dari, the unit committee chairman, Adam Borsah and James Asumah came to report that about 6.30 am on April 22, 2020, one Isaiah Abraham aged 35 was found dead in the community with bruises all over his body.

    DCOP Bediako said based on the report, the Police in Daboya with the complainants visited the scene and on the spot investigation revealed that the deceased went and stole one Techno T37 mobile phone valued at GH¢70.00 and a cash amount of GHC1,004 belonging to one Latif Basingwe.

    He said the deceased suspect was chased and lynched by a mob in the community.

    DCOP Bediako said before a hearse could be found to transport the body to the morgue for post mortem, the body was buried according to Islamic tradition.

    Advice

    He said no arrest has been made and used the opportunity to appeal to residents in the area to desist from mob justice and hand over suspected criminals to the Police.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Turn over a new leaf or face us Police warns criminals

    The Ghana Police Service has cautioned all criminally-minded persons in the country to have a change in mind and behaviour or meet them boot for boot.

    This warning comes after the Police confirmed that two robbers were killed in a gun battle in Tema after they attacked a businessman who had gone to the bank to withdraw money.

    As the hostilities raged, eyewitness scrambled for and grabbed the banknotes which were flying around, in the end, the businessmen only managed to retrieve just GHC2500 out of the 123,345 he had withdrawn from the bank, the police said in a statement.

    “The two robbers died in the process, while the money scattered on the streets and were scrambled by people around, leaving only GHC2500 salvaged by the complainant,” the police statement read further.

    The police service, therefore, assured residents of Tema Community 1 and Ghanaians at large their full protection from these evil persons in society.

    The police therefore assured Ghanaians and residents of Tema the “police is at work”.

    Read below the full statement

     

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • 2 robbers dead after clash with Police in Tema

    Two suspected robbers on a motorbike have died after engaging in a shootout with police in Tema.

    The robbers are said to have tracked some businessmen who went to withdraw money at a bank within the Tema Metropolitan Assembly.

    According to one of the businessmen, he and his partner, a Lebanese, are importers who deal in frozen fish at the Tema Fishing Harbour.

    He explained they went to withdraw an amount of ¢123, 000 but some bank staff sensed danger when they saw the motorbikes outside the bank.

    He said the staff advised they wait for some time but when the suspected robbers failed to leave, the bank offered a police officer as escort.

    On their way, the suspects crossed their vehicle, attacked them and took the money.

    The police officer opened fire, resulting in an exchange which left both suspects killed.

    The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary.

    The police have also impounded the motorbike and a pistol with some rounds of ammunition from the scene.

     

    Source: Adomonline.com 

  • Driver who stabbed passenger to death over social distancing charged with murder

    A commercial vehicle driver Eric Denning, who stabbed one Kwesi Amele to death over social distancing in the Eastern Region has been charged with murder.

    The driver was picked up immediately by the police but the mate is on the run in an incident that occurred on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

    He was arraigned before the Koforidua District Magistrate Court “B” on April 22, 2020.

    He was charged with murder but pleaded not guilty to the offence and has been remanded.

    Eric Denning has been provisionally charged with murder and expected to reappear before Court in two weeks.

    Family of the deceased want police to speed up investigations and they want justice to prevail.

    Reports say the driver and mate picked a quarrel with the deceased and his brother who joined the vehicle on Suhum to Koforidua road after complaining that the driver has overloaded the Vehicle in breach with social distancing.

    This created a heated argument in the Vehicle between passengers on the other side and the accused driver and mate.

    Upon reaching Akwadum roundabout, the deceased and his brother angrily alighted, slammed the door of the vehicle while casting insinuations.

    This angered the driver and mate to physically attack the two brothers. In the process, the mate allegedly pulled a knife for the driver who stabbed the deceased multiple times to death.

    His brother also suffered multiple knife injuries but is currently in critical condition at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua.

    Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, President Akufo Addo, and various District and Municipal Assemblies have directed that drivers reduce the number of passengers they transport at a time to help observe social distancing protocols to minimize the risk of infection in public transport.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Serial robber grabbed at Bubuashie

    Odorkor Police have finally apprehended a 26-year-old serial robber at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in Accra.

    Suspect, Emmanuel Koomson aka Thunder Boy, according to the police, has been on their wanted list for close to a year for his involvement in a series of robberies within Sakumono and Odorkor including others in the Western Region.

    According to DSP Effia Tenge, the Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Koomson jumped court bail after Sakumono Police arrested him for his involvement in two different theft cases a year ago.

    “Suspect after jumping bail moved to the Western Region where he continued with his nefarious activities,” she said.

    DSP Tenge maintained that Koomsom, before his arrest in Accra, attacked and robbed a victim at Shama, in the Western Region and when he realized that the Shama Police were closing up on him, he escaped again to Accra.

    She said through police intelligence, the Odorkor Police who had also been investigating the suspect in another robbery case, grabbed Koomson from his hideout at Bubuashie near Kaneshie on April 18, 2020.

    “He is currently in the custody of the Odorkor Police assisting in their investigations after which he would be sent back to Shama for prosecution,” she added.

     

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Residents of Abokobi Boi leaving in fear after mysterious killing of two Okada riders

    Residents of Abokobi Boi a suburb of Accra say they are leaving in fear following the killing of two Okada riders in the space of four months.

    They suspect these killings were carried out by land guards and have called for regular police presence and also fixing of enough street lights.

    They have raised huge concerns over growing insecurity in the area after the second Okada rider was killed on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

    The rider who is in his early 30s was murdered at dawn to add to the numerous crimes in the area.

    Some residents who spoke to Joy News say they are leaving in fear and want the authorities to beef up security in the area as their lives are in danger.

    An Okada rider said: “They killed a motor rider here just last Tuesday so we have agreed not to work after 6:pm, he was killed with blocks and his ear was cut off when it is 6:pm now, I park the bike and no matter the what you offer me I want go”.

    Some of the residents also said they have noted some similarities in the two attacks as the killers usually steal the motorbikes.

    Even though Ghana is battling with COVID-19 currently, there is a growing security concern as well.

    Some people have taken advantage of the fact that many people are currently home to rob those they come into contact with at night mostly at gunpoint.

    Last month there was a murder incident that sparked huge outrage in the Volta Region.

    An Assemblymember, Marcus Mawutor Azahli, a mobile money merchant in Sogakope, was shot and stabbed to death at his residence, while some unknown amount of money contained in a safe was stolen.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Suspected armed robber shot dead, two others injured in Northern East Region

    A suspected armed robber has been shot dead by the Police in the Gambaga District of the North East Region.

    The deceased suspect Mahamadu and his colleagues Amadu Sumana, Hamidu Issaka, and Musah Alima attacked and robbed traders returning from Gbandabila market at Kolguna junction on Saturday, April 18, 2020.

    Police after receiving the information rushed to the scene but the suspects fled before their arrival. However, upon a tip-off that the suspects were at their hideout preparing another robbery on the Gushegu Gbintiri road, police proceeded there.

    According to the North East regional police commander, DCOP Charles Domanban, upon the arrival of the police at the hideout, the suspects opened fire on the officers, compelling officers to return fire.

    In the process, suspect Amadu was shot dead by the police while two other suspects, Musah Alima and Amidu Issaka sustained injuries.

    The two injured have been treated and discharged while the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Baptist hospital at Nalerigu.

    In possession of the robbers were, a short single barrel gun, a locally manufactured Sten gun, 17 pistol ammunition in a magazine, 10 AAA cartridges, a rope, a hood, 3 mobile phones, 2 hats, 3 packets of royal cigarettes and a nose mask.

    The suspects have been charged with Robbery and Preparing to Commit Crime; to wit Robbery.

     

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • 24-year-old fugitive recaptured, jailed six years

    A 24-year-old fugitive, Abdulai Karim, who escaped from police custody in Sunyani in the Bono Region has been re-arrested and jailed six years.

    Karim was on Monday, April 13, 2020 re-arrested and arraigned before court on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, where he was convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment for the offences of escaping from lawful custody and assaulting a public officer.

    It will be recalled that the said escapee was first arrested on February 22, 2020 by the Sunyani police and remanded by a circuit court for a series of rape and robbery cases.

    Whilst awaiting trial, Abdulai Karim managed to escape from custody, fled the jurisdiction and went into hiding in the Upper East region and Burkina Faso.

    The Public Affairs Officer of the Bono Regional Police Command, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong, in a statement said the Bono Regional Police Command, in a bid to recapture the accused offered a reward of GH¢5,000 for information leading to his re-capture, among other measures.

    According to him, on the morning of Monday, April 13, 2020, a team of police personnel from the Bono Regional Police acting in close collaboration with several other security agencies in the Upper East region and the Burkinabe police, successfully recaptured the escapee and conveyed him back into custody in Sunyani.

    He explained that on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, the escapee was charged, put before court, convicted and sentenced to a total of six years imprisonment for the offences of escaping from lawful custody and assault on a public officer, three years for each offence to run consecutively.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Cop beaten at Bekwai; Manhunt for suspects

    The police at Bekwai, in the Ashanti Region, have mounted a wild search for two male suspects who allegedly beat a policeman on Wednesday.

    The policeman was directing traffic at Bekwai when he saw the two suspects blocking traffic with a motorbike.

    The policeman then ordered them to leave the road for traffic to flow but this simple order reportedly angered the suspects.

    They, therefore, grabbed the policeman and pummeled him in public, creating a nasty scene.

    With the help of another policeman the suspects were arrested, only for them to escape at the police station.

    Bekwai Divisional MTTD Commander, ASP Francis Yaw Ekoh, assured that they will do everything possible to arrest the runaway suspects.

    He said the policeman was inspecting cars to make sure they adhered to the social distancing order and should not have been attacked.

    ASP Ekoh admitted that the two men were nabbed with their motorbike and hauled to the police station for questioning but said “surprisingly, the two suspects fled and left behind their motorbike. We will definitely arrest them,” he told Nhyira fm.

     

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Lockdown: 5 thieves arrested at Kumasi yam market

    Five (5) persons who are taking advantage of the lockdown to steal wares of market women selling essential commodities in the Kumasi central market have been arrested.

    Market women on Wednesday [April 1, 2020] complained that some unscrupulous persons are taking advantage of the situation to loot their shops and steal wares of traders at the blindside of the security agencies.

    Armed with the information, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) taskforce put strategies in place and succeeded in arrested the five suspected thieves for allegedly stealing tubers of Yam at Kumasi Central Market

    MyNewsGh.com has gathered that the suspects have since been taken to the Zongo Police Station for further interrogation and would be arraigned before court.

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last week by Executive Instrument (EI) announced a lockdown in some parts of the country as part of measures to curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

     

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Suspected criminal breaks jail in Sunyani

    A suspected criminal has broken jail in Sunyani after pushing down the policeman on duty and till date his whereabouts unknown.

    According to confirmed information gathered by MyNewsGh.com, 24-year-old Abdulai Karim who was in detention for his involvement series of cases, on Monday [March 30, 2020] asked for water.

    The policeman identified as Sergeant Padmore Ocloo who was on duty, claimed to have opened the cells main gate to serve the remand prisoner sachet water but in the process he pushed him and escaped.

    The Regional Commander, Deputy Regional Commander and Divisional Commander were accordingly informed.

    The Regional commander on arrival at the Sunyani district headquarters called on all patrol teams and deployed them as a search party to look and re-arrest the prisoner escapee.

    Meanwhile, the embattled Sergeant Padmore Ocloo has been given some days to produce the suspect or disciplinary action will be instituted against him.

     

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Landlord killed for allegedly sleeping with his tenant’s wife

    The police are on a manhunt for a tenant, Kwaku Boadi, 32, who killed his landlord at Maama Krobo in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region.

    The tenant, according to reports, shot and killed his landlord for allegedly sleeping with his wife.

    The landlord, John Monyo, 52, was critically injured by the gunshot and was rushed to the Donkokrom Presbyterian Hospital but referred to the St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua.

    The wife of the tenant, who also got injured from a pellet, was given medical attention at the Donkokrom Presbyterian Hospital.

    The reports stated that, on Thursday, 26 March 2020, the suspicious husband called his landlord out of his room, shot at him and fled the farming community with his six-year-old son.

    The Assemblyman for the area, Ebenezer Kugbesika, called the police about the shooting incident and they rushed to the crime scene to meet the victims bleeding.

    The police command in the region has launched a manhunt for the suspect who is currently on the run.

     

    Source: Pulse.com.gh

  • 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

  • Police gun down two suspected armed robbers

    The Police have gunned down two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a 13-member gang which allegedly shot and killed a policeman on patrol at Bortianor Junction, near Weija, in a shootout five years ago.

    The two robbers, identified as Nathan Kwaku Baidoo alias King Kong and Isaac Addo Mensah alias Almera, were killed in a shootout with the police at a spot near the Engen Filling station at Mankessim on March 8, 2020.

    The deceased have been on the police wanted list for sometime now and have been involved in series of robberies across the country.

    Police patrols

    Briefing the Daily Graphic in Accra last Tuesday, the Deputy Commander of the Accra Regional Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr.Emmanuel Afriyie Sakyi, said the two were part of the gang of armed robbers that shot and killed Lance Corporal Prince Charles Akata on January 16, 2015 at the Bortianor Junction, near Weija, in the Greater Accra Region.

    He said on March 8, 2020, a team of policemen from the Accra Regional Police command was on routine patrols when they had information that a group of armed men had snatched two vehicles from their owners at gun point and was heading towards Kasoa or Cape Coast.

    Robbers killed

    The police team, he said, pursued the suspected car snatchers from Accra towards Cape Coast but on reaching a spot near the Engen Filling station at Mankessim, the suspects abandoned the vehicles amid sporadic gunshots when they realised the police were closing in on them.

    ACP Afriyie said the police returned fire and as a result two of the car snatchers were hit and they died on the spot while one other suspect who sustained gunshot wounds managed to escape into a nearby bush with their weapon.

    Efforts were made by the policemen to capture the escapee but they were unsuccessful.

    The bodies of the deceased have since been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue awaiting autopsy whilst the two vehicles, a Toyota Fish and Toyota Corolla, which were snatched from their owners have been conveyed to the Accra Regional Police headquarters for further investigations.

    Background

    According to the second in command, following the killing of Lance Corporal Akita, 12 of the gang members were arrested but Isaac Addy Mensah alias Almera went into hiding.

    When the suspects were put before an Accra Circuit Court, they were granted bail and while the trial was ongoing, Nathan Kwaku Baidoo alias King Kong was arrested in 2017 and put before a District Court for murder but was released on bail in February 2020.

    So far, Mr Afriyie said Isaac Addo Mensah alias Almera was standing trial in three separate cases before two courts in Accra and in Techiman for his involvement in three robbery incidents.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Keta: One arrested for possessing cannabis worth GHS12m

    One person has been arrested in connection with the seizure of over 12,000 slabs of substances believed to be cannabis in Keta in the Volta Region.

    The exercise carried out on March 14, was a collaboration between officials of the Narcotics Control Board and the Ghana Navy.

    According to NACOB, the substance, estimated at a street value of GHS12 million is one of its largest cannabis seizures.

    Speaking to Citi News, the Head of Communications, Media Relations and Protocol at NACOB, Francis Opoku Amoah said they are pursuing other members of the drug syndicate.

    “…We decided to undertake that operation in collaboration with the Ghana Navy. Investigations are still ongoing and very soon we will arrest all those who are connected. We will like to express our appreciation to the Ghana Navy and also sound a word of caution to other people who are in the business. We are saying that it is only a matter of time, NACOB will be on their neck,” Francis Opoku said.

    Police arrests 217 with condoms, marijuana in swoop

    A few weeks ago the Western Naval Command in a joint military-police operation around European Town and the Albert Busumtwi-Sam fishing Habour in Sekondi arrested 217 suspects who had in their possession, substances believed to be Indian hemp, money and condoms.

    ACP Edmund Ohene Bosompim who is the Deputy Western Regional Police Commander said the swoop was to improve the state of insecurity in the area.

    “There are cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, drug-related offences. Such cases are not only worrisome but also create security concerns. As law enforcement agencies, we have the mandate to ensure that people within the region are well protected to be able to attend to their business and activities.

    “For this reason, this exercise was conducted. At the end of the exercise, the total number of suspects arrested were 217 made up of 194 males and 19 females. Dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, toffees suspected to be laced with narcotic substances, alcoholic beverages suspected to be laced with narcotic substances. Eight TV sets, five laptops and two decoders, eight TV sets, laptops, and condoms were also retrieved.”

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • One arrested for gang-rape

    The police have arrested a 23-year-old man believed to be part of a gang that raped a 19-year-old girl in the bush behind the UPSA hostel and Mpeasam, near Legon in Accra.

    The suspect identified as Kwesi Owusu, a mechanic apprentice, together with two other suspects, allegedly raped the girl in turns along an abandoned path which leads to the hostel.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, DSP Effia Tenge, said the incident took place at 9 a.m. on March 4, 2020 when the victim was on her way home from work.

    She said when the victim got to the pathway between the hostel and Mpeasem, she realized a man was following her so she decided to walk faster.

    The victim said while walking briskly, she saw two other men approaching her from the opposite direction and the suspects suddenly trapped her in the middle of the footpath.

    The three men grabbed and dragged her into the bush where they took turns to forcibly have sex with her.

    DSP Tenge said, after raping the victim, the three men abandoned her to her fate and bolted but the victim managed to walk to a nearby police station to lodge a complaint and was given a medical form for medical attention.

    She said on March 12 while investigations were ongoing, the police arrested Owusu and he had since been identified by the victim as one of the men who raped her.

     

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Suspected car snatcher grabbed at Agbogbloshie

    The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested one out of two suspected armed robbers who allegedly snatched a taxi cab from its owner at Agbogbloshie in the wee hours of yesterday.

    The arrested armed robber identified by the police as Kwame Eric in a company with one Fuseini, an accomplice currently at large, snatched the vehicle from the owner and crashed it into a concrete pillar in an attempt to escape when the police arrived at the scene.

    According to the police, Eric who was driving at the time of arrest lost control of the steering and crashed the vehicle into the concrete block leading to his arrest but his accomplice managed to escape.

    The suspect is now being interrogated by investigators at the regional command.

    Narrating the incident to DAILY GUIDE, the Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Effia Tenge, said around 4:30am yesterday, a police patrol team on their routine patrol duties within Kaneshie and Agbogloshie areas responded to a distress call by a taxi driver whose Daewoo matiz taxi had been snatched from him by the suspects.

    She said the victim told the police that suspects hired his services from Odorkor area to Agbogbloshie and upon reaching the onion market area—they snatched the taxi with registration number GW 8454-18 from him.

    “The victim told us that a motor rider who witnessed the act pursued the suspects as they drove towards arena area until the police were called in for assistance.”

    DSP Tenge maintained that upon realizing that they were being followed by the police, the suspect lost control of the steering and crashed the vehicle into a concrete object along the Agbogbloshie arena road.

    “Suspect, Eric, who was then driving the vehicle, was grabbed but his accomplice managed to escape.”

    She added that the suspect together with the vehicle and victim were later brought to the regional command to give their statements.

     

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Police officer jailed 40 years for robbery

    Corporal Ghasty Yahaya Seidu, 37, with service number 43255 and attached to the Akuse District Police, has been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for robbery by a Circuit Court in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital.

    The Presiding Judge, Mercy Addai Kotei, found him guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, to wit robbery and robbery.

    He is to serve 20 years for each count which runs concurrently for his involvement in a robbery operation at a fuel station during which the security officer at the location suffered injuries.

    Corporal Seidu was arrested for his practical involvement in a robbery incident which occurred at Okwenya Shell Fuel Station on March 26, 2018.

    He was picked up at Akosombo on April 26, 2018 following police intelligence.

    Prosecuting, Assistant State Attorney Dickson Donkor told the court during the trial that a search conducted in the room of the policeman led to the retrieval of a pistol with two magazines and three 1.8mm ammunition, an axe, a knife, three paper spray cans, 10 wristwatches, a pair of handcuff and a bayonet.

    The prosecutor noted that during the robbery operation, the suspect inflicted injuries on one Kudjo Akakpo, 42, a security man on duty at the fuel station.

    The accused person pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and robbery.

    At the end of the trial, the presiding judge held that the prosecution was able to prove its case against the police officer and convicted him accordingly.

    Meanwhile, Seth Kpornyo, a suspect in the same case, has been acquitted and discharged by the court after the judge held that prosecution could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was involved in the robbery.

    Attached images: the convicted Police office and his exhibits

     

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Berekum: Police Commander decries recent killings

    The Berekum District Police Commander, ASP Andrews Kofi Okonenge has bemoaned the recent killings in the area.

    The commander addressing the media at a press conference said since he took over some two months ago, the command has recorded the murder of two persons, one unemployed and a farmer.

    He revealed the first case involved one Edward Kwame, 22, whose body was discovered in a decomposing state.

    He added that there were marks on the body indicating he was murdered.

    The police is still investigating the matter, ASP Andrews Kofi Okonenge said.

    The second case he noted was discovered on Thursday, but it was later revealed the body had been killed on March 10, 2020.

    The body he said was identified as Nicholas Yeboah, 25.

    An investigation is still underway so I do not want to speak much about it, he declared.

    Meanwhile, he has cautioned the residents to desist from mob justice since it deprives people of fair justice.

    He was of the view that, when people take the law into their own hands and attack suspected criminals and kill them, and later it turns out they were innocent of the crime, it would have been too late.

    He admonished residents to always hand over suspected criminals to the police for the law to deal with them.

    He also asked them to be security conscious and avoid walking late in the late to avoid any form of attack.

     

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • Man kills friend at Old Fadama

    The James Town police have apprehended one Abubakar AbdulGaniu for allegedly stabbing his friend to death.

    The suspect allegedly stabbed 34-year-old Kwasi Kloutse in the chest after a misunderstanding had ensured between them.

    According to witnesses, the suspect after stabbing Kloutse attempted to escape but some angry traders grabbed him and handed him over to the James Town police.

    It is, however, unclear the circumstance that led to the deadly incident but witnesses claimed they suspected it bordered on a business-related issue.

    The Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, confirmed the incident and said it occurred on Monday at about 5:30pm at a spot near old Fadama.

    She said when the police arrived at the crime scene, Kloutse, dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt over a pair of black jeans trousers with a backpack, was lying in a supine position, but was dead.

    She said the victim had a deep wound in the middle of the chest with blood still oozing and it appeared he had been stabbed.

    She said there were also two fresh minor cuts on the left side of the chest of the victim.

     

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Police officer slapped with 20-year jail term for robbery

    A circuit court in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has sentenced a 37-year-old police officer to 20 years in prison for robbery.

    The court, presided over by Mercy Addai Kotei found Corporal Ghasty Yaaya Seidu guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit crime, to wit robbery and robbery.

    He is to serve 20 years for each count, which runs concurrently.

    Seidu, attached to the Akuse District Police Command was arrested for his practical involvement in a robbery incident that occurred at Okwenya Shell Fuel Station on March 26, 2018.

    A police tipoff led to his arrest at Akosombo on April 26, 2018.

    The prosecutor, Dickson Donkor told the court a search conducted in the room of the policeman led to the retrieval of a pistol with two magazines and three 1.8mm ammunition. They also found an axe, a knife, three paper spray cans, ten wristwatches, a pair of handcuff and a bayonet.

    Mr. Dickson Donkor said during the robbery, the suspect inflicted varying degrees of injuries on Kudjo Akakpo, the security man on duty at the fuel station.

    The accused person pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and robbery.

    But the judge held that the prosecution was able to prove its case against the police officer and convicted him accordingly.

    Meanwhile, Seth Kpornyo, a suspect in the same case has been acquitted and discharged by the court after the judge held that prosecution could not prove beyond reasonable doubt that he was involved in the robbery.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • 2 in trouble for illegal possession of firearm

    Two persons were on Monday arrested by the police at Pokuase junction in the Ga West Municipal Assembly for allegedly possessing a pistol illegally.

    Ibrahim Mugtari, 29, and Stephen Waja, 37, were reported to be in the possession of exhibits such as a Smith Wesson pistol with serial number MCP 8623 loaded with 14 rounds of ammunition, three BB cartridges, three mobile phones, GH¢2,982 cash and a used and unused Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards.

    The suspects are in the custody of the police assisting in investigations, the Amasaman Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Christopher Klomegah, told the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday.

    He said on March 9, at about 11:30am, whilst the police patrol was on duty at Amomoley junction, near Pokuase, they spotted the two suspects in a KIA Picanto taxi cab with registration number GE 5475-17 driven by Mugtari.

    The commander said the police team stopped the vehicle and conducted a search on the occupants, and the exhibits were found on them.

    He said further search in the car revealed a Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority ( DVLA) roadworthy certificate bearing a KIA Picanto with number GC 2024-19 and an insurance cover of the same vehicle, which the police strongly believe was stolen, and the number plate embossed could be faked.

    Chief Superintendent Klomegah said the suspects would be arraigned after investigations into the case concludes.

    He called on people who have fallen victim to robbery in the municipality to contact the command.

     

    Source: Ghanaiantimes.com.gh

  • 16 suspected criminals busted in police swoop at Baatsona

    Sixteen suspected criminals have been arrested by the police in two separate swoops at Baatsona in Accra.

    Two of them, suspected to be armed robbers, and identified as Albert Bazimbu, 29, and Sulemana Shiabu, 32, were reported to have been involved in a robbery attack on one Nkansa-Dwamena in a house at Spintex road three years ago.

    The suspects are in the custody of the police assisting in investigations, the Baatsona Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Julius Kpebbeso, disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times in Accra on Tuesday.

    He said on March 7, between 7p.m. and 9p.m., the Baastona Divisional Command embarked on the first swoop at Agbeza near Manet and arrested 14 suspects, retrieving from them 20 mobile phones, 16 laptops and two internet routers suspected to be stolen property.

    Chief Supt Kpebbeso said in the second swoop, Shiabu and Bazimbu were also arrested for attacking and robbing one Kwesi Nkansah-Dwamena, who sustained gunshot wounds during the robbery, and took from him GH?50,000 cash, two mobile phones and a wallet.

    He said the suspects would be screened and those found culpable would be sent to court.

    Chief Supt Kpebbeso said the exercise would be sustained to ensure the communities were crime free, and called on the public to volunteer reliable information to the police to clamp down on criminal activities.

     

    Source: Ghanaiantimes.com.gh

  • Police gun down 2 suspected armed robbers at Mankessim

    Two suspected armed robbers were on Sunday gunned down during a shootout with the police at Mankessim in the Central Region.

    The deceased have been identified as Nathan Kwaku Baidoo, alias Kingkong, and Isaac Addo Mensah, also known as Almera

    They were said to be among 13 others who engaged the police in a shootout on January 16, 2015, at New Bortianor junction, resulting in the death of Lance Corporal Akata.

    The Deputy Commander of the Accra Regional Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Emmanuel Afriyie Sakyi, told the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday.

    He said on March 8, personnel from the command, on routine patrols, had information that a group of armed men had snatched two cars and heading towards Kasoa in the Central Region to Cape Coast.

    ACP Sakyi said the police team pursued the robbers and on reaching a spot near Eugene Filling Station at Mankessim and realising the police was closing up on them, the suspects abandoned the vehicles amidst sporadic gunshots, which resulted in the two being killed by the gunshots.

    The Commander said one other suspect who sustained gunshot wounds escaped to a nearby bush with their weapon, urging healthcare specialists to report to the police any person who report to their facility with gunshot wounds.

    He said the two bodies have been sent to the Police Hospital, whilst the two vehicles have since been impounded.

    He said on January 16, 2015, Mensah and 12 others were arrested whilst Baidoo escaped. Mensah and his accomplices were arraigned before a court and later released on bail.

    ACP Sakyi said Mensah, after he was granted bail, was involved in three separate robberies in the Accra metropolis, adding that the cases were pending before court.

    The Commander said Baidoo was arrested in 2017 and put before a district court for murder and was also released on bail in February 2020.

     

    Source: Ghanaiantimes.com.gh

  • Sogakope residents demand interdiction of police officers

    Residents of Sogakope in the Volta Region are unhappy with the response given by the police after the arrest of two officers over some missing rifles.

    The rifles were said to have been used in the murder of the Assemblyman for Sogakope South Electoral Area, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, on Sunday, March 1.

    According to the Public Relations Officer of the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, the pick up of two officers was not in connection with the murder.

    “Yes, two police officers were picked up but not involved in the assemblyman murder case,” Corporal Prince Dogbatse told 3news.com Sunday.

    Before then, four civilians had been arrested to aid investigations.

    A statement issued by the residents said while the police were quick to arraign the civilians before a judge, they exonerated their own “in a dramatic turn”.

    “There was no proper investigation leading to the statement issued by the Volta Regional Police PR,” the statement issued by Spokesperson Maxwell Lukutor said.

    “We implore the IGP and the several security Ministers to ensure that there are no underhand dealings in this case. Their actions should earn the police service especially within the Volta Region and Sogakope, in particular, some trust for once.”

    They want the police PRO to be “very circumspect in his utterances not to incur the displeasure of the citizenry who are reading reasoned meaning into their actions and inactions”.

    Among other demands including asking for the resignation of the District Chief Executive, the residents want all the arrested including the police officers to be immediately “interdicted and prosecuted for their actions and inactions”.

    “Once again we wish to state that, our eagle eyes are still wide open even as we mourn our colleague, but the police should dare not push anything down our throats. We shall continue to fight until all the perpetrators are brought to book.”

     

    Source: 3news.com

  • Assemblymans murder: We will only be appeased when the perpetrators are punished Community

    Residents of the Sogakope South electoral area who are demanding justice following the murder of their Assemblyman say they will not rest until the perpetrators are brought to book.

    Speaking on behalf of the residents in a statement after a three-day ultimatum given the police to arrest the perpetrators expired, Maxwell Lukutor said while they are confident in the police and the progress that has been made so far on the case, “we can only be appeased when the perpetrators of this heinous and barbaric act are found and brought to book.”

    Read the full statement below:

    Statement on the Murder of Hon. Marcus Mawutor Adzahli- Expiration of 3- Day Ultimatum to the Police

    Following the gruesome murder on March 1, 2020, of our colleague, a philanthropist, a businessman and politician, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, the Assembly Member for Sogakope South Electoral Area, the youth of Sogakope reacted in a civil action to draw the attention of the whole world to the state of insecurity being experienced in the  District.

    We demanded from the police, as a matter of urgency, to this time round act promptly to find the perpetrators of this heinous and barbaric act visited on our brother within 3 Working Days.

    Suffice to say that it ends today and we state as follows:

    1. There was an emergency DISEC meeting organized later that same day to strategize and a bounty of ¢10,000 for anyone who would volunteer information leading to a successful arrest of the culprits.

    2. The Regional Minister came early Monday morning in the company of the Regional Police Command and other RESEC members to commensurate with the family.

    3. He visited the Police Command of the District and the Division to familiarize himself with the state of affairs at the commands and their condition of service.

    4. The Minister’s Entourage later met a section of the youth together with some chiefs and elders of the District at the instance of members of DISEC to chat the way forward to find a quick resolution to the issue at hand and to strengthen security subsequently.

    5. There was a reinforcement of security with the Armed Forces to protect life and property in town.

    6. The Police have subsequently deployed their experts from the Regional Anti Armed Robbery Unit and the CID Headquarters in Accra to visit places of interest to begin their investigation in earnest.

    7. The former President His Excellency Flt Lt JJ Rawlings has issued a statement in support of the display of anger and protest of citizens in the right direction devoid of destruction of property to unravel the mystery and also placed a bounty of ¢25,000 which we heard might be increased for anyone who gives a lead for the apprehension of the Criminals.

    8. The police issued a statement narrating the course of action taken so far.

    9. There was another bounty of ¢10,000 from a businessman and the NDC constituency Vice-Chairman Bright Ahu.

    10. There was a visit from the Volta Regional NDC Parliamentary Caucus and the NDC Regional executives to commensurate with the family and access the security situation in and around Sogakope. An amount of ¢15,000 bounty was announced for anyone who volunteers information.

    11. The Tongu Council of Chiefs met with DISEC to enquire about happenings and to advise on how to get to the bottom of this crime. A statement was issued in support of the declared anger of the youth but called for calm as we all expedite action on finding the criminals of the current atrocity and similar previous crimes.

    12. There has been a lot of information volunteering from citizens at all angles to the appropriate quarters, all in the bid to get the culprits.

    13. There is a continuous collaboration between the leadership of the youth and the police command to ensure safety in and around town.

    14. Through our civil action, a total bounty of ¢60,000 awaits anyone or group of persons who volunteer information leading to the successful arrest of these culprits.

    From the above and other numerous attempts from all concerned, we believe that our call is being heeded to and there is positive action on the ground to apprehend the criminals.

    The fact is that we have never doubted the ability of the police but we are unhappy about the response time to distress calls in order to avert the occurrences.

    Based on the several appeals from well-meaning Ghanaians we are by this statement calling on all who are so pained by the death of our colleague, brother, business associate and Assembly Member to remain calm as we monitor the situation and give more space to the police to finish up with their investigation.

    We can only be appeased when the perpetrators of this heinous and barbaric act are found and brought to book.

    *#justice4mawutor*

    Issued by

    Maxwell Lukutor

    Opinion Leader

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • 3 arrested in connection with murder of Sogakope Assemblymember

    Reports from the Volta Region indicate that the police has arrested some three persons in connection with the murder of the Sogakope Assemblymember.

    The individuals between age 18 and 27 were picked up earlier today but have been sent to the Volta Regional capital, Ho where they are being interrogated.

    Reports further suggest that it is believed the three are part of a gang of robbers who have been terrorising the community.

    The Volta Region Parliamentary Caucus today visited the family of the late Assemblymember, Marcus Mawutor Azahli.

    They, however, expressed disappointment with the Police’s handling of the murder scene.

    The caucus led by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa visited the home of the late Assemblymember but says the police might not get enough evidence due to their poor handling of the murder scene.

    He also announced that the caucus has placed a 15,000 Ghana Cedis bounty on the perpetrators of the act.

    “The caucus went to the Divisional Police Commander and we presented 15k to support the ransom already placed on the killers”.

    The late Assemblymember, Marcus Mawutor Azahli, a mobile money merchant in Sogakope, was shot and stabbed to death at his residence, while some unknown amount of money contained in a safe was stolen.

    His wife sustained an injury from a knock on her head with a gun barrel and was stabbed on the shoulder, while their child was shot at.

    Former President Jerry John Rawlings has also offered an amount of GH¢25,000 cedis to anyone that will provide relevant information which will lead to the arrest of the killers of the Assemblymember.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • V/R: Sogakope police to be investigated following residents anger

    The Volta Regional Police Command has refuted claims that its personnel failed to respond to distress call during the killing of the South Sogakope assemblyman, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli.

    The command, however, says it will investigate claims by residents of Sogakope that police in the area have been negligent amid a purported increase in violent crimes.

    At a press briefing on Wednesday, March, 2020, the Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP Edward Oduro Kwateng, said: “this assurance is non-negotiable and the results will soon manifest.”

    “At the instance of various concerns raised by the teeming youth regarding the professional conduct of Police personnel stationed at Sogakope, the Command is interested in inquiring into these concerns to enable it, sanction officers who are found complicit.,” he explained.

    Police response to attack on assemblyman

    But in the case of the killing of the assemblyman, DCOP Kwateng defended the response of police personnel.

    According to him, police officers detailed at the Sogakope barrier received calls on the attack at 12:50 am on March 1 and they rushed to the scene.

    A police patrol team was later called to respond to the attack at 1:10 am but “was far from the scene.”

    “It will be instructive to note that the Police did not delay in arriving at the house of deceased in order to save the situation and where delay was anticipated, an advance team at the Barrier abandoned their beat and went to the rescue, but unfortunately, the man was killed and robbed while the wife and child were wounded,” the police commander explained.

    At the scene of the crime, the police discovered six used and one unused BB Cartridges believed to have been used by the assailants.

    The Regional Criminal Investigation Department at Ho has since taken over the investigation into the killing and is being supported by the Anti-armed Robbery team from Police Headquarters in Accra.

    Call for calm

    Following unrest in the community, the police command has urged the residents “to support the Police
    in their efforts at unravelling the killing of the Assemblyman.”

    “Again, we must all be reminded that acts of lawlessness and destruction of property to register our
    displeasure in situations like this cannot remedy the situation,” DCOP Kwateng said.

    Some residents stormed the district police station and were pelting stones at the police.

    They had also blocked the Aflao-Accra road at the end of the Lower Volta bridge at Sogakope on successive days as part of their protest.

    Bounties announced

    The District Chief Executive of the South Tongu assembly, Emmanuel Luis Agamah has put a GHS10,000 bounty on the heads of perpetrators killing of an Assemblyman for the Sogakope South Electoral Area, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli.

    Former President Jerry John Rawlings also announced a GHS25,000 reward for information leading to a break in the case.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Wife, child of murdered Sogakofe Assemblymember discharged

    The Wife and child of the murdered Sogakofe Assemblymember who were injured during the attack have been discharged.

    The two were sent to the hospital after the robbery attack on the Assemblymember, Marcus Adzahli.

    PRO of the Volta Region Police Command, Corporal Prince Dogbatse said the victims have been discharged.

    “We, first of all, has the wife and child of the deceased who had some injuries and they are fine, I think from yesterday we made it clear to the public that they are responding to treatment, as I speak now they have been discharged from the hospital.”

    The Regional Security Council, REGSEC is also putting in place plans to increase police visibility in the area and screen occupants of hotels and rented apartments.

    One of the youth leader, Maxwell Lukuto who sat in the REGSEC meeting disclosed the plans of the security council.

    “They want to begin screening people especially at night the guest houses and compound houses where people have come to rent so they have complete data on people who are in the district.”

    Rawlings offers GH¢25,000 bounty on Sogakofe Assemblymember killers

    Former President Jerry John Rawlings is offering an amount of GH¢25,000 cedis to anyone that will provide relevant information which will lead to the arrest of the killers of the Assemblymember for Sogakope, Marcus Adzahli who was murdered last Sunday.

    The amount is also directed to persons who will provide reliable information of those who committed another violent robbery in Vume, also in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region about a month ago.

    However, the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Archibald Letsa and the assembly had earlier offered 10,000 cedis each intended for the same purpose.

    A statement issued by the Office of the former President quotes him as expressing disgust at the trend of violent attacks in the South Tongu area, describing the killing of the Assemblymember as a politically related murder.

    Flt Lt Rawlings urged the residents to exercise their right to anger and protest, but not to express their anger in the wrong direction or through the wrong action.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Murder of Assemblyman barbaric – NALAG roars

    The National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), has condemned the brutal murder of the Assembly Member for Sogakope South, Marcus Mawuli Adzahli, popularly known as Mac Greenline and attack on the family especially his widowed wife and child who are under critical condition receiving treatment at the hospital.

    They described the murder as barbaric and called on the police to speed investigations to apprehend persons behind it.

    Administrative Officer for NALAG, Mr. Andrews Bediako bemoaned all forms of threats, harassments, humiliations and undue frustrations by certain elements in society on assembly members which frown on their fundamental human rights.

    “It beats our mind that in recent times attacks on Assembly Members are gaining grounds in our society which hitherto was not so,” he said.

    Mr. Bediako also called on the general public to lend total support to the security services in arresting perpetrators of such heinous crimes against Assembly Members who have by their office has offered themselves in service to the nation under extreme resource constraints.

    Additionally, he appealed to the residents of Sogakope to eschew any form of wrongful activities that may throw the town into chaos or affect the general security and wellbeing of other residents in the locality.

    The assemblyman for Sogakofe South, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, was shot dead by unknown persons over the weekend.

    According to reports, Mr. Adzahli, who is the Toklopo and CEO of Mcgreenline, sustained wounds in the head, chest and stomach after what seemed like he struggled with the assailants.

    His wife is also reported to have sustained injuries in the head and a knife wound on the shoulder.

     

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • Sogakope murder: Police picking up credible info to arrest culprits MCE

    The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of South Tongu, Emmanuel Louis Agamah has said the Distric Security Council (DISEC) is picking up credible information that will lead to the arrest of the killers of the Assemblyman for Sogakope South Electoral Area, Mr Marcus Mawutor Adzahli.

    Mr Agamah has, therefore, called for calm within the area as the Police conducts further investigations into the matter.

    Speaking in an interview with Kwabena Prah Jnr (The Don) on Ghana Yensom on Accra 100.5FM on Tuesday, 3 March 2020, Mr Agamah said: “There is hope that the culprits will be arrested. We are picking up credible information and so I will call for calm as the Police conducts further investigations into the matter.”

    Residents in Sogakope in the Volta Region on Monday, 2 March 2020 stormed the local police station in anger over the killing of the Assemblyman.

    They were joined in solidarity by some residents of Sokpe, a neighbouring town, to express their anger at the police for not responding swiftly to distress calls by the Assemblyman before his murder.

    The police had to fire warning shots to control and keep the crowd at bay.

    Prior to storming the police station, the protesters blocked the Aflao-Accra road at the end of the Lower Volta bridge at Sogakope just as they did on Sunday.

     

    Source: ClassFMOnline.com

  • Police arrest 29 suspected criminals after swoop at Baastona

    29 suspected criminals have been arrested by the Baatsona Divisional Police Command during a swoop.

    The operation teams made up of 20 personnel and led by Chief Superintendent Julius Kpebbeson raided the Kotobabi Market, Texpo Market and Klagon, all suburbs in Accra.

    The latest arrest forms part of a larger initiative by the Accra Regional Command to clamp down on criminals.

    The suspects according to a statement from the police included “seven females made up of Ghanaians and Nigerians.”

    The statement added that the suspects “were arrested with seven partly smoked pieces and one wrap of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa.”

    According to the statement, some of the items retrieved from the suspects, apart from the substance suspected to be cannabis include 10 laptop computers, 10 assorted mobile phones and three internet routers.

    The statement further said that “the suspects with ages ranging from 20 to 35 have since been detained and the exhibits retained for investigations”.

    Read the full statement below:

    The Baastona Divisional Police arrested twenty-nine (29) suspected criminals including seven (7) females arrested in dawn divisional swoops in Baatsona: two Nigerians napped with five neatly packed trunks in preparation to commit crime (advanced fee fraud) and the rest in possession of narcotics drugs.

    On 29/02/2020 between the hours of 0530 and 0930, the Baatsonaa Divisional Commander, C/Supol/Mr. Julius Kpebbeson led two (2) teams of ten (10) men from the Division to conduct swoops within his area of responsibility (AOR).

    The teams raided suspected hideouts of criminals at Kotobabi Market, Texpo Market and Klagon near Ashaiman Adjei Kojo. During the exercise, twenty-nine (29) suspects including seven females made up of Ghanaians and Nigerians were arrested with seven (7) partly smoked pieces and one (1) wrap of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The teams also retrieved ten (10) Laptop Computers, ten(10) assorted Mobile Phones and three (3) internet routers all suspected to be stolen goods.

    The teams upon a tip-off arrested two Nigerian nationals namely; David Okwa 35yrs and Fegiro Evwrohonio 26yrs in their room on the first floor of a two-storey apartment. Police retrieved from them five (5) metal trunks wrapped with brown paper, two rolls of sellotapes and assortment of identification cards believed to be items used in fraudulent activities. The suspects with ages ranging from twenty (20) to thirty-five (35) have since been detained and the exhibits retained for investigations.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Sogakope youth issue 3-day ultimatum to police to find killers

    Youth in Sogakope in the Volta Region are up in arms against the police and have given them three days to produce killers of Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, the Assembly member for Sogakope South Electoral Area.

    The Assembly member was killed in cold blood on Sunday after being shot multiple times in what many suspect to be contract killing.

    Youth of Sogakope have accused the police of negligence.

    According to them, the crime would have been avoided or the outcome mitigated if the police had been swift.

    With the support of opinion leaders, they say the police should fish out the perpetrators or face their wrath.

    Addressing journalists after a blockade on the Accra-Sogakope-Aflao highway at the lower Volta Bridge on Sunday, the youth said they need nothing but justice.

    Spokesperson Maxwell Kwami Lukutor said the police are only interest in chasing “small” monies from drivers.

    He said the law enforcers are only concerned about their personal security at the expense of the citizenry.

    He also demanded the immediate resignation of the DCE, whom the youth accused of showing no commitment to security issues in the area.

    What is more, they claim, he has not showed up to solidarise with them since the murder occurred.

     

    Source: 3news.com

  • Sogakofe South Assembly member shot dead at his residence

    Unknown assailants have allegedly shot and killed the Assemblymember for Sogakofe South, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli at his residence in the early hours of Sunday.

    Information gathered by Joy News indicates that the assailants numbering eight broke into the home of the deceased and attempted making away with his savings.

    Mr Adzahli, who was elected in December 2019, attempted to struggle with the assailants and was allegedly shot multiple times in the chest, stomach and head, leading to his death.

    Marcus Mawutor Adzahli

    His wife also sustained an injury on the head and a knife wound in the shoulder during the scuffle.

    According to a close friend of the deceased, William Gleku, the assailants who made away with an unknown sum of money which was contained in the safe gave warning shots on their way out of Sogakofe.

    The body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue for autopsy, while his wife is receiving treatment at the South Tongu District Hospital in Sogakofe.

    At the time of filing this report, no arrest has been made, but police sources say an investigation into the incident has commenced.

    According to sources, it took the assailants about 45 minutes to break the door to get into the house while distress calls were made to the police, which went unanswered.

    After the incident, the residents angrily stormed the police barrier, sacked the police from there. They have massed up at the police station as well.

    The main Sogakofe-Aflao road has been blocked causing a lot of traffic.

    More soon…

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Policeman arrested for leading a robbery gang in Navrongo

    Lance Corporal Ndebugri Asaah, a policeman stationed at Chiana in Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper West Region has been arrested for leading a robbery gang that robbed some residents of their money and mobile phones.

    Police sources confirmed to MyNewsGh.com that the suspect and seven his accomplices said to be on the run on Friday dawn robbed their victims on a section of the Bolga-Navrongo motor road near Notre Dame senior High School at gunpoint

    A police patrol team rushed to the scene but the robbers fled into the bush.

    The victims who reported their ordeal to the patrolmen, directed them to the direction taken by one of the robbers on a motorbike believed to be the arrested policeman.

    According to them, the one who fled on the motorbike was the same person who collected their monies and mobile phones and then passed it on to the others.

    Armed with this information, the police pursued and intercepted the alleged robber only to be identified as Number 48430 Lance Corporal Ndebugre Asaah stationed at Chiana but on snap check barrier duties at Navrongo, a post nowhere near the spot of the arrest.

    Though when searched, nothing incriminating was found on him, his dress was very dirty and his cap engulfed with particle of dried leaves, an indication that he was operating from the bush.

    The victims lost various sums of local and foreign currency as well as their mobile phones to the bandits.

    When interrogated, suspect claimed he was also a victim to the robbery but his phone or motorbike were not taken from him, contrary to the trend as narrated by the complainants.

    He has since been detained to assist with investigations.

     

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • 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 

  • 17 passengers robbed at gunpoint at Asante Bekwai

    About 17 passengers travelling from Elubo in the Western region to Kumasi have been robbed at gunpoint by suspected armed robbers on the Asante Bekwai-Ahwia Nkwanta road.

    According to a driver, the robbers first robbed three cargo vehicles before turning to his car.

    According to him, the robbers took his GHC1,500.00 and a mobile phone, while other 16 passengers in his car were robbed of all their belongings including money, bags and other personnel effects.

    No casualty was recorded but the robbers shot into the cars while leaving the scene.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh