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The Eastern Regional Police Command has begun a search for some robbery suspects who attacked commuters on the Bonsu-Brimso-Apedwa stretch.

A statement by the Police on Thursday urged residents to volunteer relevant information that will aid in the arrest of the armed robbers.

It added, “police officers will be deployed along that stretch to assist the public and the local communities.”

“The Anti-Robbery Squad and the Eastern Regional Police Command, in collaboration with the local Police, are pursuing robbery suspects who attacked some commuters along the Bonsu-Brimso-Apedwa stretch in the Eastern Region.

“The Police are urging members of the local community with any information on the suspected armed robbers should provide same to the Police for them to be arrested,” the statement announced.

The general public has been assured that the suspected robbers will be brought to face justice.

“Further details will be provided in due course,” the Police said.

Source: Myjoyonline.com

The Central Regional Police Command has pledged to work assiduously to battle the 13 most rampant crimes on the rise in the Region.

These are murder, robbery, defilement, rape, kidnapping, illegal mining, human trafficking, assault, lawlessness, Chieftaincy disputes, stealing, road accidents, and petty theft.

It said for effective policing, the Command had divided its territories into seven main divisions to help flash out the most prevalent crimes.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Kwadwo Antwi Tabi, the Regional Police Commander, reassured the people that the Ghana Police Service would not relent on its mandate to prevent crimes, enforce law and order and protect lives and property.

He said this at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) meeting to discuss successes chalked, shortfalls, and what could be done to raise standards for the Region in 2022.

In Cape Coast and its environs, DCOP Antwi Tabi said stealing, kidnapping, assault, and chieftaincy disputes were most predominant in the area while road accidents, stealing, robbery, and lawlessness were general crimes recorded in almost every corner of the Region.

Murder, human trafficking, rape and defilement were seasonal crimes, which were also on the rise at the Gomoa, Agona, Ekumfi, Assin and Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira districts.

On illegal mining, he said land owners willingly released their lands for returns and that the Command was putting effective operational strategic plans in place to combat the act.

He urged drivers to be cautious to prevent road accidents to be able to realise a crime-free region.

The Command would also intensify public education and sensitisation through the media to reach or engage the society on the need to help combat crime.

“We will also not hesitate to arrest, detain and prosecute perpetrators of crimes for the public good.”

The police would also engage in rigorous swoops and motorbike patrols at very odd hours to bring criminals to book.

DCOP Antwi Tabi urged the public to prioritize their safety and parents should monitor their children to prevent them from becoming victims of crime during the Yuletide.

He urged all to put their ears on the ground and pay rapt attention to details and inform the police when necessary to nip crime in the bud.

“Help us protect your interests, we cherish our informants and we are ready to protect you, your lives matter to the Police. The crime must never win” the Regional Commander said.

Source: GNA

A special Anti-Robbery squad and the police have gunned down one of the three suspected armed robbers who murdered two Police officers at Zuarungu in the Upper East Region.

The suspect Laayaame Simon alias Yendu, 34, was gunned down through an intelligence-led operation at Kpatia in the Talensi District.

According to classfmoline report, “the Police said a special targeted intelligence-led operation is being carried to get the rest of the suspects arrested.”

On December 19, two policemen were shot dead by suspected armed robbers at the Zuarungu Market in the Upper East Region.

The cops were killed during a robbery attack on a popular shop Baba Store while on night patrols within the Zuazungu Township.

According to an eyewitness, “the two officers had stopped at the market at about 7 pm to buy food when the armed men who were fleeing the robbery scene attacked and shot them.”

“The officers who died on the spot were also partly burnt by fire which they suspect emanated from a leakage in the fuel tank of their motorbike,” the report furthered.

The robbers however fled the scene on a motorcycle before a police team arrived at the scene.

The policemen were identified as Constable Emmanuel Akowuah and Constable Mohammed Sule.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The Ghana Police Service has assured the general public that they would pursue criminals with all available resources to make communities crime-free.

“We continue to give the assurance that criminals will be pursued with all available resources to make our communities crime-free,” a statement said.

The statement was announcing that one robber had been shot dead in Tema Golf City.

This happened on Monday December 6, a Police statement said on Thursday, December 9.

Following a distress call about a robbery attack in the area, the statement said, a Police patrol team immediately responded and pursued two suspects who were on a motorbike with the registration number covered in a black polythene bag.

The suspects engaged the Police in a shootout leading to the death of one.

The second suspect managed to escape.

Source: 3news.com

The Ghana Police Service has resolved to no longer show or display faces of suspects who are yet to be convicted.

This according to the Police forms part of their effort to become a world-class Police organisation and the best institution in the country, serving as a reference point in Africa and beyond.

To achieve this, the Service said it will have to demonstrate the highest level of professionalism in all policing endeavours.

The new resolution means faces and identities of suspects shall be fully displayed only when the suspects are properly convicted before a competent court of law, the Police said in a statement.

Also, suspects who are declared wanted by the courts with a warrant of arrest for various acts of offence, shall, where necessary, have their faces and other physical attributes published for purposes of identification, arrest and prosecution.

“We shall, however, continue to display the covered faces of suspects to announce their arrest and lawful detention in order to assuage the fears of people who feel threatened by them,” the statement added.

The Police is calling for public support in its transformation efforts.

Source: classfmonline.com

The Upper West Regional Police Commander, ACP Mr Peter Ndekugri Anumbugre has assured the Overlord of the Waala Traditional area and people in the region of peace and tranquillity before, during and after the Christmas festivities and urged them to assist by feeding the Police with vital information to clamp down on the activities of miscreants in the region.

While calling on the Overlord, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV and his Sub-Chiefs and Queen mothers to urge their subjects especially the youth to desist from engaging in crime, ACP Peter Ndekugri noted that crime-fighting is a shared responsibility and should not be left for the Police alone to handle.

He made these remarks during his visit of the Overlord in Wa Tuesday, November 30, 2021, together with some senior Police officers in the region, according to a release issued by the outfit dated December 1, 2021, and signed by Inspector Gideon Ohene Boateng, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Command.

“The Regional Commander assured the Chief and people in the region of peace and tranquillity before, during and after the yuletide and also urged them to assist by feeding the Police with vital information to clamp down the activities of miscreants in the society.

“He further urged Chiefs and Queen mothers to disseminate the message to members within their jurisdiction especially the youth to desist from engaging in crime-related activities since fighting crime is a shared responsibility,” the release read in part.

The release said the visit by the Police Command was part of its efforts to curb crime as well as maintain peace and security through dialogue with the Overlord of the Waala Traditional Council, Naa Fuseini Pelpuo, his sub-chiefs and Queen Mothers to discuss matters concerning security at his Palace.

It added that some significant crime-related issues discussed included: cattle rustling, pilfering of motorbikes, circulation of nude pictures and videos that have been ongoing in the region, as well as kidnapping.

The Overlord in his submission commended the Police for what he described as their proactiveness in solving issues of security concerns while also applauding some initiatives by the outfit geared at curbing crime.

His Royal Highness meanwhile assured the Police to liaise with the Police in the establishment of neighborhood watchdog committees within the area in preventing crime and also charged the Command to be vigilant on the conduct of its officers who might want to misconduct themselves in their line of duty.

“He assured the Police of his collaboration to curb the persistent crime by submitting applications for the creation of neighborhood watchdog committees to assist the Police to reduce the menace.

“He assured the Police of his collaboration to curb the persistent crime by submitting applications for the creation of neighbourhood watchdog committees to assist the Police to reduce the menace.

“He also expressed concern about the operation of some officers and urged the Regional Command to monitor critically the activities of his officers to prevent the shame associated with Officers found guilty of certain misconducts,” the statement furthered.

Source: ghanaweb.com

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested five highway robbery suspects including a juvenile.

The suspects, according to a police statement, were arrested on November 16, 2021, and were said to be carrying out their robbery activities on highways linking Nkoranza and Techiman in the Bono East Region and the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipal area of the Ashanti Region.

The suspects, identified as Sagu, Rashid Ibrahim, Ibrahim Iddrisu, Musah Arijuma and a female, Ajara Sagu, together with a 14-year-old, whose name is being withheld, were arrested at Ejura after extensive police surveillance on their activities.

“On the spot search on the suspects and juvenile led to the recovery of ten assorted mobile phones, one Infinix charger and a lady’s handbag. Other items suspected to have been robbed from commuters and retrieved from them included one unregistered Apsonic Aloba motorbike and an amount of Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine Ghana Cedis (GH¢2,279.00),” the police statement said.

A driver who was allegedly robbed by the suspects on November 15, is said to have identified the gang during police investigations while other victims have also come forward to identify the suspects and their stolen items.

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested five highway robbery suspects including a juvenile.

The suspects, according to a police statement, were arrested on November 16, 2021, and were said to be carrying out their robbery activities on highways linking Nkoranza and Techiman in the Bono East Region and the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipal area of the Ashanti Region.

The suspects, identified as Sagu, Rashid Ibrahim, Ibrahim Iddrisu, Musah Arijuma and a female, Ajara Sagu, together with a 14-year-old, whose name is being withheld, were arrested at Ejura after extensive police surveillance on their activities.

“On the spot search on the suspects and juvenile led to the recovery of ten assorted mobile phones, one Infinix charger and a lady’s handbag. Other items suspected to have been robbed from commuters and retrieved from them included one unregistered Apsonic Aloba motorbike and an amount of Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine Ghana Cedis (GH¢2,279.00),” the police statement said.

A driver who was allegedly robbed by the suspects on November 15, is said to have identified the gang during police investigations while other victims have also come forward to identify the suspects and their stolen items.

The police in the statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, ACP Kwesi Ofori, served notice of assurance to the public that it “shall not relent in making our communities safe and peaceful.”

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The Volta Regional Police are on a manhunt for a man who reportedly murdered his girlfriend and deposited her corpse in a refrigerator.

Police got wind of the case when some neighbours in Ho-Fiave reported a strong stench coming from the room of one Frank, the suspect.

When police arrived at the scene and entered the room, they found the corpse of Lizzy in a double-decker refrigerator.

She was later transferred to the Ho Municipal Hospital morgue pending autopsy.

POLICE IN VOLTA REGION ON A MANHUNT FOR BOYFRIEND SUSPECTED TO HAVE MURDERED GIRLFRIEND AND DUMPED HER IN REFRIGERATOR.

The Volta Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for one Frank who is strongly suspected to have murdered his girlfriend and deposited her in his refrigerator.

On 22/11/2021 about 9:00am the police received information from Ho-Fiave that neighbours to the scene of crime observed a strong stench emanating from Frank’s room with house flies hovering around the windows and door.

They broke into the room and found the girlfriend of the said tenant only known Lizzy, dead in a double-decker refrigerator. The tenant, Frank was nowhere to be found.

An investigative team proceeded to the scene and after careful inspection of the crime scene, the body which was at an advanced state of decomposition in a white double-decker refrigerator was conveyed to the Ho Municipal Hospital morgue awaiting autopsy.

Search is underway to trace and arrest the said boyfriend who is believed to have killed the deceased.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The Ghana Police Service in the Ashanti Region has killed two armed robbers and arrested one.

According to the Police, the armed robbers were robbing traders on the Manso-Nkwanta Road.

Upon the arrest, the Police retrieved an AK 47 assault rifle.

Read Police Statement Here:

One Robber Arrested, Two killed, One AK 47 retrieved from Armed Gang

Today, the Ashanti Regional Police Patrol team gunned down two armed robbers, arrested one and retrieved an AK 47 assault rifle when the team encountered an armed gang robbing traders on the Manso-Nkwanta Road.

The Ghana Police Service in the Ashanti Region has killed two armed robbers and arrested one.

According to the Police, the armed robbers were robbing traders on the Manso-Nkwanta Road.

Upon the arrest, the Police retrieved an AK 47 assault rifle.

Read Police Statement Here:

One Robber Arrested, Two killed, One AK 47 retrieved from Armed Gang

Today, the Ashanti Regional Police Patrol team gunned down two armed robbers, arrested one and retrieved an AK 47 assault rifle when the team encountered an armed gang robbing traders on the Manso-Nkwanta Road.

We will get these criminally minded people one after the other to make our communities safe.

Source: mynewsgh.com

A 26-year-old man has been arrested by the Bono Regional Police Command for manufacturing and supplying guns to robbery gangs.

The suspect, who had earlier escaped a police arrest, was apprehended at Zambrama, a community along the KintampoPrang road.

According to the Bono Regional Police Commander, DCOP Moses Asagabagna Atibila, the suspect was put on police radar after he was named as the supplier of a handgun used in a robbery.

A planned swoop at the residence of the suspect was greeted with his absence as he was reported to have received a hint and bolted before the police team arrived.

The police team however retrieved 20 long barrel guns, 2 pistols and other ammunition as well as pipes used in his manufacturing business.

According to a report by Adomonline sighted by GhanaWeb, the suspect was eventually arrested from his hideout at Zambrama based on informant intelligence.

The suspect who is said to be the supplier of guns for armed robbers operating along the Kintampo stretch was reported to be busily manufacturing more weapons at the time of his arrest.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

A month-old baby boy has been found at Agbaflome- Bypass, a suburb of Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region.

Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Atsu Joseph Dzineku, the Akatsi South Municipal Police Commander disclosed to the Ghana News Agency that at about 1430 hours on Wednesday, his outfit had a distress call from one Dordoe Wisdom of Akatsi Agbaflome -Bypass that at about 1355 hours same day, he also received an information from his wife that she has found a baby boy who was abandoned in a bush closer to their house, located at the back of a new shopping mall in the area.

Mr Dzineku said he quickly led his team of Police Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) officers to the scene, where they found the said baby boy lying naked on a piece of cloth in a bush under a cassava tree crying aloud.

“So we picked him to a hospital in the Municipality, where he was examined and found to be stable and healthy,” he said.

Mr Dzineku said the baby was at a health facility for safe keeping and that “the Social Welfare Department has been fully notified for further action.”

They are therefore, appealing to individuals and members of the public to offer any vital information in locating the family of the baby.

Some residents who interacted with the GNA, expressed worry about the fact that the incident was the second to have happened in the year after a two-month-old baby boy was also found alive in an uncompleted building by residents of Avetite, a suburb of Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region on April 7.

Source: GNA

Thirteen Nigerians who attacked Police personnel from the Greater Accra Region while executing their lawful duty at SCC, near Weija, have been remanded into Police custody after appearing in an Accra Circuit Court.

The accused persons have been variously charged with carrying offensive weapons, assault on public officer, resisting arrest.

They are David Ayo, Prosper Olushegu,Joseph Osas, Kingston Nwafor, Ayo Omotala, David Osoh, Victor Suley, Joshua Adewale, Joshua Oluwujuba, Amasi Musah, Praise Osazee, John Olwa and Gentle Osoh.

John Olwa aged 21 and gentle Osoh, 28 have been additionally charged with unlawful possession narcotic drugs.

Accused persons have pleaded not guilty.

They are expected to reappear on November 15.

Prosecution led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Evans Kesse said accused were all Nigerians residing at Weija SCC, Accra.

ASP Kesse said on October 8, this year, the Accra Regional Police Command had intelligence that a group of young men living at Weija-SCC Top were suspected to be attacking unsuspecting victims and snatching their phones and other valuables.

Prosecution said following the information, a team of Police personnel from the Regional Police Command with an emergency warrant proceeded to the area and found the house occupied by Nigerians numbering about twenty (20) persons.

It said Policemen knocked at the gate and ordered the occupants to open the gate but occupants, including the accused persons refused.

According to Prosecution said the Policemen entered the house with force but accused persons who were armed with offensive weapons including cutlasses, broken bottles, iron rods and stones attacked the team.

It said the team retreated and called for a reinforcement.

When the reorganized teams arrived at the scene they were again attacked by the accused persons.

In the process, one of them, now deceased, slashed the left hand of one of the Police officers with a broken bottle.

Prosecution said he ran into a nearby bush, pulled out a locally manufactured pistol and started firing at the Police

It said the Police returned fire and he got fatally shot in the process.

According to Prosecution, the locally manufacture pistol with three live cartridges and one used cartridge in the chamber were retrieved.

He injured assailant was rushed to the Police Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Prosecution said the Police managed to arrest the accused persons and a search conducted in the room of Plea and Osoh uncovered 15 flower substances, 8 wraps of dried leaves and handful of substance, all plant material suspected to be Indian hemp, a narcotic drug.

Additionally, Prosecution said three machetes, a hammer, a metal chain, broken bottles, eleven mobile phones, 103 used sim cards, two laptop computers four Beylin and Eskapam drug were found.

Prosecution said Investigation revealed that accused were brought to Ghana by one Chairman for greener pastures.

ASP Kesse said the said Chairman resided in Nigeria and he left accused persons on their own hence accused were engaged in other vices to survive.

Accused in their caution statement admitted the offence, Prosecution said.

ASP Kesse said the narcotic drugs found by the Police would be forwarded to the Police Forensic Laboratory for examination.

Source: GNA

A 64-year-old retired Police officer has been found dead on his farm in Asitey mountains in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region.

ASP (rtd) Peter Kwadjo Tawiah left home Thursday morning at about 7:00 am to farm but failed to return.

The family led by John Teye Oboaba, brother of the deceased made an official complaint at Odumase Police station at about 7:30 pm the same day.

Police officers were quickly dispatched to the farm and found the motionless body of ASP (rtd) Peter Kwadjo Tawiah lying in a supine position with a cutlass in his right hand.

After examining the body and taking inventories of the crime scene, he was conveyed to Atua government hospital where he was medically declared dead.

The body has since been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.

The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, told Starr News, preliminary examination of the body did not detect any marks of assault.

He, however, said Police is awaiting an autopsy report by medical doctors to establish the cause of death.

Source: starrfm.com.gh

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command have arrested two men for physically assaulting a police officer.

The two, Evans Addo, 42, and Godfred Akrofi, 32, beat the officer, Constable Nii Okay Sampa, to a pulp, for preventing the sale of a fake mobile phone at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.

Narrating the incident, Head of the Public Affairs Unit at the Accra Regional Police Command, DSP Juliana Obeng said Constable Sampa whilst at Circle, attempted to stop what could be described as harassment from some men on a gentleman who was purchasing a phone.

Constable Sampa, after bringing an end to the harassment, decided to help the man conclude his phone purchase deal with the sellers.

The sellers then attempted to swap the phone already presented to the buyer.

However, Constable Sampa realised this and collected the original phone and a phone case from them.

He also took possession of the fake phone.

Unhappy about the development, some men, including the two suspects, attacked Constable Sampa, getting him to bleed profusely.

Constable Sampa was saved by a police team who were on patrol in the area at the time of the event.

The two suspects, Evans Addo and Godfred Akrofi are expected to make an appearance in court in the coming days.

DSP Julia Obeng has warned the public against taking such violent actions against law enforcers.

Any individual or group found culpable will have themselves to blame, she cautioned.

 “The Accra Regional Police Command unreservedly condemns attacks on law enforcement officers. The command strongly warns that in no uncertain terms will such acts be countenanced,” she said.

Source: Myjoyonline.com

The Ghana Police Service discharges its duty of public information in a brisk and timely manner thanks to its verified social media handles i.e. via Twitter and Facebook.

From information on major developments at the Headquarters, divisions and other formations; activities of the Inspector-General, announcements relative to crime the acknowledgment of its commission and arrest of perpetrators and issues to do generally with the welfare of its officers, social media has proven to be a go-to medium for information on security and more.

On October 21, 2021, the Service had a bittersweet situation as the Service celebrated an officer who had chalked 39 years in the service and was retiring but within hours, they had to announce the passing of two other officers in the line of duty.

Celebrating Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu

The post accompanied with current and old photos of the retired officer was titled: “An Illustrious Career in the Ghana Police Service Comes to a Good End.”

It read in part: “Today, we want to celebrate a noble and dignified Police Officer, Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu as he draws the curtains to the end of his 39 years of service to Ghana.

“The journey of Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu, who is affectionately called FM by his colleagues, began some 39 years ago when he was enlisted into the Ghana Police Service on 1st March 1982. It was at the time, not the much sought-after road that it is today.”

Black Thursday announcement

In an official release late Thursday, October 21, 2021, the Ghana Police Service announced the passing of two officers it described as “highly-trained members of the Anti-Robbery Taskforce.”

They perished in an accident on the Walewale Bolgatanga road where they were part of a five-member team responding to an emergency, the statement said.

Their three other colleagues who are said to be in critical condition at a hospital in Walewale were being readied to be flown to receive medical care.

“The families of the two victims have been informed of the sad incident and the Inspector-General of Police, Geroge Akuffo Dampare has spoken to them,” the statement added.

The statement signed by ACP Kwesi Ofori concluded by stating: “May the souls of our departed brave men Rest in Peace.”

The Ghana Police Service discharges its duty of public information in a brisk and timely manner thanks to its verified social media handles i.e. via Twitter and Facebook.

From information on major developments at the Headquarters, divisions and other formations; activities of the Inspector-General, announcements relative to crime the acknowledgment of its commission and arrest of perpetrators and issues to do generally with the welfare of its officers, social media has proven to be a go-to medium for information on security and more.

On October 21, 2021, the Service had a bittersweet situation as the Service celebrated an officer who had chalked 39 years in the service and was retiring but within hours, they had to announce the passing of two other officers in the line of duty.

Celebrating Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu

The post accompanied with current and old photos of the retired officer was titled: “An Illustrious Career in the Ghana Police Service Comes to a Good End.”

It read in part: “Today, we want to celebrate a noble and dignified Police Officer, Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu as he draws the curtains to the end of his 39 years of service to Ghana.

“The journey of Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu, who is affectionately called FM by his colleagues, began some 39 years ago when he was enlisted into the Ghana Police Service on 1st March 1982. It was at the time, not the much sought-after road that it is today.”

Black Thursday announcement

In an official release late Thursday, October 21, 2021, the Ghana Police Service announced the passing of two officers it described as “highly-trained members of the Anti-Robbery Taskforce.”

They perished in an accident on the Walewale Bolgatanga road where they were part of a five-member team responding to an emergency, the statement said.

Their three other colleagues who are said to be in critical condition at a hospital in Walewale were being readied to be flown to receive medical care.

“The families of the two victims have been informed of the sad incident and the Inspector-General of Police, Geroge Akuffo Dampare has spoken to them,” the statement added.

The statement signed by ACP Kwesi Ofori concluded by stating: “May the souls of our departed brave men Rest in Peace.”

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Two men, Evans Addo aged 42 and Godfred Akrofi, 32 years old, have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command for assaulting a Policeman at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.

Police Constable Nii Okay Sampa was gravely assaulted on Monday at about 1530 hours when he prevented the sale of a fake mobile phone to a victim.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Juliana Obeng, Head of Public Affairs Unit, Greater Accra Regional Police Command, the Officer went to Circle to meet a friend.

She said, upon his arrival, he saw a group of men harassing and searching a gentleman, therefore, Constable Sampa approached them intending to resolve the issue.

DSP Obeng said the victim explained to the Policeman that he wanted to buy a phone for which he had bargained the price and reached an agreement with the seller.

However, she said the seller engaged the victim in a heated argument over the settled price, but the issue was resolved by the Policeman after the victim explained what was happening to him.

DSP Obeng said the seller asked the victim to give him the phone so that he could package it for him after he completed the payment.

All this while, she said the Policeman observed and noticed that the seller was making attempts to change the phone for which they had agreed on.

The Policeman prevented the seller from selling a fake phone to the victim and collected the original phone, fake phone and phone case from the seller who was about swapping the original phone for the fake phone, DSP Obeng said.

She said suddenly, a group of men, including suspects Evans Addo and Godfred Akrofi pounced on the officer and knocked him on the lips, resulting in a cut on his upper lips, beat him to bleed profusely and injured him gravely.

DSP Juliana said they further cut open the pocket in which he kept the original phone, fake phone and phone case and took them away from him.

The Policeman, during the attack, was rescued by the Patrol team who were on patrols in the area at the time, she said.

DSP Obeng said the two suspects were arrested by the Patrol team and investigation into the matter had commenced. The suspects shall be arraigned before court.

“The Accra Regional Police Command unreservedly condemns attacks on law enforcement officers. The command strongly warns that in no uncertain terms will such acts be countenanced,” she said.

DSP Obeng said furthermore, the command would not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with any individual or group of persons found culpable of obstructing or attacking the Police in the performance of lawful duty.

She encouraged members of the general public to channel their concerns through the Police Public Affairs Unit for the appropriate assistance.

Source: GNA

The Ghana Police Service has advised the general public to be cautious as cases of robbery increase in various parts of the country.

Some days ago, videos of daylight car robbery incidents at Sampa Valley in the Ga South Municipality and Apenkwa Traffic Light on the Achimota stretch went viral on social media.

These incidents among several others have heightened fears among the public, who feel their lives remain in danger as they go about their daily activities.

The Ghana Police Service as a matter of urgency has introduced urgent additional security measures in the wake of a spike in robbery incidents, especially in the national capital, Accra.

In an interview with Citi News, the Acting Director-General of the Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, said his outfit is making use of its patrol teams to combat the crime.

“We are also going to ensure that in the coming days, there is going to be high police visibility in the metropolis. One important thing I would like to appeal to the public is for them to give us information that might help in tracking some of these criminals. We assure the public that we are closing in intelligence-wise, and we will do everything possible to get closure on such cases.”

Touching on bank-related robbery, ACP Kwesi Ofori advised persons who intend to withdraw huge sums of money to exercise caution or contact the police for assistance.

“We have asked corporate institutions, businessmen of high and low status who will be going to the bank to solicit assistance from the police, and they should also make sure that they put better security arrangements. We are also encouraging people to use other modern means of transacting business and avoid carrying huge sums of money if not necessary. If it is necessary, they can count on the police for assistance”, he added.

We must begin interrogating bank staff over bank-related robberies Prof. Aning

Security analyst, Prof. Kwasi Aning, believes the time has come for financial institutions to embark on rigorous scrutiny of their staff following the increasing cases of bank-related robberies in the country.

He says routine checks must also be carried out on both company and personal electronic devices, used by the staff to assess information that might have aided such crimes if any.

Prof. Aning said stringent security measures among the police and the banks must be adopted to ascertain the culpability of bank staff in case of robbery attacks on persons who may have transacted business at the bank.

“This lady who withdrew money from the bank, how did criminals know that he had money on her? Are we picking up people within that particular bank, checking their laptops and phone records, or if there is a compromise of such sensitive information to the client.”

“Some really critical questions need to be asked to assure us or those who use the banking facilities that the backgrounds of bank staff are checked, secured, and they are routinely also checked again because [this kind of crimes] raises serious fundamental questions because of the gang-style manner in which this operation was carried”, Prof. Aning emphasized.

Source: citinewsroom.com

The West African Police Information System (WAPIS) Ghana, has imputed into its database about 18,000 convicts to step up an interagency cooperation in the fight against crime.

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. George Akuffo Dampare said the data was being interrogated by institutions that conducted investigations in the country.

The Acting IGP said this in a speech read on his behalf by Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr. Isaac Ken Yeboah, the Director General in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department, at the opening of WAPIS Three-day Regional Training on Quality Data for some selected law enforcement officers in Accra.

WAPIS was formed to create a system for sharing of criminal data in West Africa to combat transnational crime such as arms smuggling, illicit drug trafficking, piracy, and cybercrime.

The selected law enforcement officers for the training were from Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Guinea Bissau and Liberia.

The Acting IGP noted that WAPIS had deployed equipment such as scanners, computers and UPS to its stakeholders in the country for data input and said his administration would put in more efforts to ensure the smooth implementation of WAPIS programme in Ghana.

Superintendent of Police Mrs. Naomi Acquah, second in Command, INTERPOL Accra, said the availability and access to quality data, that was in compliant with laid down rules and procedure, had been the bedrock of all successful law enforcement activities and same had made the world a better and safer place.

Supt. Acquah said quality data was accessed by its accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, validity and uniqueness, adding that the need for quality electronic data to ensure a better and safer place had become more pertinent because of the numerous challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This training could not be held at a more opportune time than this when the West African Region is plagued with issues such as political instability, increased maritime related crimes, proliferation of small arms, robbery.

“The resounding call by citizenry for law enforcement officers to urgently rise up to the task of making the world safer is louder than ever,” Supt. Acquah said.

She said the situation, therefore, underscored the relevance of WAPIS programme, which when implemented would be an invaluable asset and provide law enforcement officers with quality data to work with.

Baba Gana Wakil, Ambassador of ECOWAS, noted that one of the challenges in fighting transnational organised crime in West African, was lack of appropriate infrastructure to collect, store, manage, analyse and share criminal data among Law Enforcement Agencies at national and regional levels.

“Most of the activities could not be accomplished within the project period as a result of bureaucratic obstacle in the operationalization process at the national level and the absence of national budgets to support the project, which has also been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic,” he noted.

Baba Wakil, therefore, urged member states to collaborate closely at national, regional and global level to fight transitional organised crimes.

He appealed to the European Union (EU) to consider extending the implementation phase of WAPIS project beyond June 2022, to ensure its successful implementation in the remaining member states.

Source: GNA

55-years-old Yaw Baah, a resident in Techiman, woke up to find a heap of torn Ghana cedis notes behind his window and has returned it to police.

The man worried and not sure of where the money was from reported what he had seen behind his widow to the Techiman Police.

The Police moved to the scene to find torn notes of Ghana cedis which included GH¢50, GH¢20 and GH¢10 notes which amounted to several thousands of cedis.

55-years-old Yaw Baah, a resident in Techiman, woke up to find a heap of torn Ghana cedis notes behind his window and has returned it to police.

The man worried and not sure of where the money was from reported what he had seen behind his widow to the Techiman Police.

The Police moved to the scene to find torn notes of Ghana cedis which included GH¢50, GH¢20 and GH¢10 notes which amounted to several thousands of cedis.

The personnel of the Ghana Police Service who visited the scene took photographs and sent the money to the station for further investigation.

A lecturer and criminologist, Edgar Tachie Akonnor, is advocating for every regional command in Ghana to have a forensic department to ensure efficiency in their work.

He opined that the Ghana Police Service have competent and skilled service personnel to deal with crime in Ghana but what they need is logistics.

He stated that servicemen in the country have what it takes in unravelling crime but need to improve on the logistics they have.

Mr. Tachie Akonnor said it is not advisable for a Police Commands to drive to the National Headquarters before accessing the forensic department.

The best approach in his view is for every regional command to have its own forensic unit.

”I strongly believe that all the regions should have the full complement of logistics so they would stop coming to Accra. The Police Service has the expertise but what they need is the decentralisation of the forensic unit.”

Crime is complex, and evidence gathering is essential, and the more you delay in gathering evidence, the less you can prosecute your cases,” he said.

Meanwhile, he has advised the Police Service to collaborate with academia in dealing with criminal issues so the rate of crime would be reduced.

He explained that through research, experts could evaluate the pattern of crime, the reasons behind it, and propose ways to reduce crime.

Crime-fighting, he added, must be towards the preventive leg through collaboration with the general public.

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

The Ghana Police Service has reshuffled some regional commanders and members of the Police Management Board.

Under the latest reassignment, COP Frederick Adu-Anim is now the Director-General of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department.

DCOP Boapea Otchere has taken up the role of Director-General for the Information, Communication and Technology Department, DCOP Owusu Donyinah is now the Director-General for Finance while DCOP Charles Domanban is now the Oti Regional Commander.

Meanwhile, the former Director in charge of Operations at the Police headquarters, DCOP Dr. Sayibu Gariba has taken over as the new Upper East Regional Police Commander.

DCOP Dr. Gariba took over from DCOP Osei Kwaku Ampofo-Duku who went on retirement on March 5.

In a statement issued by the Upper East Regional Police command, DCOP Dr. Gariba assured residents of the region of maximum security.

He further appealed for tight collaboration to ensure effective crime-fighting in the region.

Source: gbcghanaonline.com

The Police Administration has stated that it has not put out any advertisement for recruitment and, therefore, has cautioned the public against fake police recruitment claims and advertisements.

The Police Administration said application for recruitment into the security service and requisite qualifications for this year, 2021, would be published in newspapers in due time.

Until then, the police in a statement noted that no person should fall victim to any advertisement purporting to recruit people into the Ghana Police Service.

The Police Administration further stated that it will not authorize any individual or group of persons to receive monies on its behalf for recruitment into the Service.

“As a result, no person should pay money to any individual or group of persons with the view of facilitating recruitment into the Ghana Police Service,” the statement said adding “Persons found culpable of such act would be arrested and prosecuted.”

Source: Class FM

A young man has been arrested for dressing as a police officer and directing traffic in some parts of Kumasi.

The suspect, identified as Osei Agyeman was caught red-handed conducting motor checks at Adum-Kejetia in Kumasi.

The incident occurred at 8 pm on January 14, 2021, when a joint police and military patrol team caught up with him.

The law enforcement agents became suspicious when they saw Agyeman, so they confronted him.

A Police report stated that Agyeman fumbled and panicked when he was being interrogated.

The joint police and military patrol team then realised that Agyeman was a fake policeman so they arrested him.

Agyeman confessed that he bought the blue-black material from the market and engaged a tailor to sew it for him.

The suspect also said that he had been posing as a policeman in the Ashanti regional capital since March 2020.

Other reports said Agyeman used the police uniform to extort money from drivers and other residents of Kumasi.

The police in Kumasi are in the process of arraigning the fake policeman, the paper was reliably informed.

Source: kingdomfmonline.com

Security expert and lecturer at the Centre for Peace and Security Research of University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Yaro Kasambata has opined that the ability of the police to deal with murder cases in the year under review has been abysmal.

He says the general justice system has to respond to the needs of the people.

However, that is something Ghanaians lacked this year.

Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, he noted crime will never be erased from any society, however, the ability of the security agencies to deal with them must be effective and efficient.

The insecurity in the country he stated has increased because of the failure of the police administration to properly investigate and deal with the offenders this year.

He admonished the police to put in measures to ensure that crime management becomes effective through training and proper gathering and preservation of evidence.

On the issue of intelligence gathering on planned crimes, Yaro Kasambata called for a collaboration between the police and other security agencies.

The intelligence gathering of our agencies he added is not the best and should be improved.

Using the Togoland invasion as an example, he said if our security agencies managed the intelligence well, it would have prevented the act of lawless.

He spoke against the political interference in dealing with crime, a situation he lamented emboldens party supporters to be lawless.

According to him, depending on who is power, the political government in power takes advantage of the system and allow people to go off the hook when they offend the law.

On the issue of the recent market fires, Yaro Kasambata said the approach to the problem has not been the best especially when the two major parties are blaming each other.

He called for a holistic approach in dealing with the matter irrespective of the political figures involved.

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

Police are looking into the stoning-to-death of a middle-aged man alleged to have stolen a cat at Jerusalem, a suburb of Tema Newton in the Greater Accra Region.

Thirty-seven-year-old Abdullah Gedo, popularly known as Duley, was stoned to death by some unknown residents on Sunday dawn for allegedly stealing a cat with an accomplice who is currently on the run.

Reports said some young men who were on a community patrol chanced on the Gedo and the alleged stolen cat and started hitting him with concrete slabs and other materials, causing him bleeding to death.

The suspect was found in a pool of blood with the dead cat and concrete slabs beside him.

But as a follow up to the story, Acting Public Relations Officer of the Tema Police Command, Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu, told Graphic Online that police investigators who arrived at the scene took photographs of the crime scene and later conveyed the body of the deceased to the Tema General Hospital where the body was examined and officially pronounced dead.

“She said the body was later deposited at the Mortuary for preservation and autopsy. Chief Inspector Dzakpasu advised the public to desist from lynching and called on residents who witnessed the lynching or have any information about the incident to that contact the Tema Police on 0542719093 to assist the police in their investigation,” the Graphic Online report stated.

Residents say the stealing of cats has become rampant in the area, with almost 10 of such cases being recorded in the area every week.

However, police are yet to confirm if Gedo was lynched for stealing a cat.

Cat meat is a delicacy among a section of the Ghanaian population.

Cats are particularly reared and killed for food among families in the Volta and Oti regions of Ghana.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com