Crime

Kasoa QNet scam: Three jailed as police rescue five alleged victims

Those convicted are Elizabeth Agyekumwaa, 24; Emmanuel Kyei, 23; and Issah Safianu, 23. A fourth acc...

Police arrest five over assault on Kade SHS Tech teacher

The suspects were picked up on Monday, 5 January 2026, by officers from the Police Cyber Security Un...

Civil servant charged over alleged GIS ‘protocol’ recruitment scam

Augustina Aboagyewaa Armah has been charged with defrauding by false pretence, contrary to Section 1...

Immigration officer arrested after 2,600 AK-47 rounds seized on Accra–Paga bus

AICO1 Ahmed Abdul Samad, originally from Nalerigu and currently stationed at the Paga Sector Command...

Two sisters arrested over alleged assault on 12-year-old in Accra

The incident is said to have occurred on Tuesday 30 December 2025. The girl’s mother reported the ma...

Gomoa Buduburam: Man allegedly poisons young woman for refusing to refund GH¢100

The man at the centre of the case, identified as her alleged boyfriend, Kofi Emma – popularly called...

Ebo Noah to reappear in court January 15

Ebo Noah, known off the pulpit as Evans Eshun, is facing charges of false communication and causing ...

Tamale police swoop nets 12 in New Year drug crackdown

The suspects were picked up during a coordinated swoop at Aboabo Forest, followed by patrols through...

Ashanti Region: Police foil planned highway gold robbery, arrest alleged mastermind

The suspect, identified as Stephen Kwakye, was picked up on 30 December 2025 after police received i...

Four suspects killed as Tema police foil Afienya-Mataheko robbery

In a statement signed by ASP Dede Dzakpasu, Head of the Public Affairs Unit, police said the inciden...

Ashanti police seize 2,600 rounds of AK-47 ammunition in major highway interception

During a routine stop-and-search on Tuesday, 30 December 2025, officers discovered the items conceal...

Police arrest man seen firing gun at Asake meet-up in Accra

In a statement issued by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday, 30 December, the Po...

141 arrested in Accra cybercrime raids over MoMo fraud and online scams

The swoop was carried out on Friday, 27 December 2025, by the Criminal Investigations Department (CI...

Three suspected robbers shot dead in police operation on Anwiankwanta–Obuasi highway

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command said the suspects were intercepted on 24 December 2025 aft...

Abuakwa labourer remanded over alleged gun threat

Silas Owusu has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and threatening to kill....

Selfie on stolen phone lands driver’s mate in three-month jail term

The Gbese District Court sentenced Edem Avenyo after he pleaded guilty to one count of stealing....

Canadian woman and partner held over suspected arson at Oyarifa apartment

In a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Brigitte Babanawo, ...

Galamsey worker jailed for slashing student in Bompieso attack

The Tarkwa District Court One, presided over by Charles Owusu Nsiah, handed the sentence to Bismark ...

Ghana, Nigeria cyber-fraud ring busted in $400,000 fast-food scam

The network was exposed during Operation Sentinel, a regional cybercrime crackdown targeting busines...

120 arrested in East Legon sweep on drug gangs and organised crime

The suspects were rounded up and taken to the East Legon Police Station, where they are being screen...

Operation White Ember’: NACOC festive raids net 72 in Eastern, Greater Accra

The festive-season crackdown, codenamed Operation White Ember, targeted well-known drug hotspots fro...

Accra Mayor leads swoop on trotro drivers over illegal fare hikes

The exercise, which began at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, 27 December, focused on key stretches from...

Sekondi sex worker alleges assault after dispute over GH¢50 fee

The woman, who gave her name as Nancy, told CONNECT FM that the incident happened on Friday night, 2...

Abu Trica appears in Gbese District court over $8m romance scam

Frederick Kumi, 34, who is also known by the aliases Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng and Abu Trica, was bro...

JFAP holds pre-trial sitting at Kumasi Prison, discharges 4 remand prisoners

Over the course of the sitting, the court took up 41 pre-trial matters, including cases of murder, m...