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Fresh Attacks On Fulanis…In Gushegu
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Fulani herdsmenPeacefmonline.con can confirm reports of fresh attacks on Fulani herdsmen in Gushegu by some unknown Konkombas just two weeks after a similar attack led to the butchery of 13 Burkinabe Fulani herdsmen.
Thursday’s attack, according to reports, was instigated against some Fulani herdsmen seeking shelter in a Kokomba community in the Gushiegu District capital,...
Robbers Kill 23-Year-Old Woman As They Loot LPG Sales
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Five suspects have been picked up by the Akatsi Police in connection with last Thursday’s robbery at the Louis Gas Station near Akatsi in the Volta Region.
The robbers, one wielding a single barrel locally manufactured gun, shot and killed Ablavi Shantai, 23, a female attendant in the process.
A statement dated 31 December 2011 and signed by Mr Alex Bedie, Volta Regional...
4 Chinese Busted With Gold & Guns
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The busted Chinese galamsey operatorsFOUR CHINESE nationals who have been engaging in illegal gold mining activities, also known as galamsey, at Dikoto, a village near Wassa Akropong in the Western Region, have been arrested by a joint military-police team under the auspices of the National and Western Regional Security Councils.
The four, Xu Xio Guang, 26, Tang Jian Guo,...
Ashaiman Thieves Busted
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Richard Awuah (Left) and Eric Yeboah (RightTWO SUSPECTED burglars have been arrested and brutalised by some aggrieved youth of Ashaiman New-Tulaku for allegedly breaking into the room of Musah Ibrahim, a resident.
The suspected thieves allegedly stole items worth thousands of Ghana cedis from Ibrahim’s room.
The suspects gave their names as Richard Awuah, a 19-year-old cattle herdsman...
PHOTO: The Accra Academy Students Busted For Dzorwulu Boutique Robbery
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BUSTED! Francis Obeng (left) and Benjamin Adosu, (right)Two students of Accra Academy who were arrested by the police last Thursday, for allegedly robbing a boutique at Dzorwulu in Accra in broad daylight, have been charged with conspiracy and robbery amidst weeping by two women believed to be mothers of the boys, outside the courtroom.
The students, Adusu Benjamin, 19, and Obeng Francis...
Unemployed steals policeman’s weapon
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A Circuit Court at Fiapre, near Sunyani, has sentenced a 19-year-old unemployed, Kweku Martin to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour, for stealing AK47 rifle from the room of a policeman at Nsawkaw in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Martin pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful entry and stealing and was sentenced accordingly.
Prosecuting Police Superintendent Fredrick Adjei told the court,...
19-year-old jailed 20 years for stealing AK47
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A circuit court at Fiapre near Sunyani on Wednesday sentenced a 19 year-old unemployed, Kwaku Martin, to 20 years imprisonment in heard labour for stealing an AK47 rifle from a policeman’s room at Nsawkaw in Brong Ahafo.
Martin pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing and unlawful entry and was sentenced accordingly.
Prosecuting, Police Superintendent Fredrick Adjei told the court...
Two armed robbers jailed 23 years
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Two armed robbers who for some time now have been terrorizing people in the Berekum municipality, have been sentenced to a total of 23 years.
The duo, Kwame Boateng, 29 and Joseph Kwabena Jumah, 32 were convicted on five counts by the Berekum Circuit Court chaired by Mr. LB. Akwantey on their own plea.
Their charges are conspiracy to commit crime, unlawful entry, causing damage to...
Three fraudsters busted
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A suspected Nigerian fraudster and his two Ghanaian accomplices have been arrested by the Madina Police for defrauding a building contractor.
The three are Tsezama Valentine aka Diallo Kamara, 42; a tailor and resident of Makebe in Togo, David Aklade aka Stephen, 35; a mason and resident of Brecheley, a suburb of Tema and Kofi Owusu, 30, a house boy and resident of Madina in Accra.
The...
Notorious robbers nabbed
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The Berekum Police have arrested two notorious armed robbers who are believed to be part of a robbery gang terrorizing residents of Berekum.
The police have also mounted a manhunt for one of the suspects who managed to escape.
The two alleged criminals, Kwame Boateng, 29 and Joseph Kwabena Jumah, 32, all unemployed, were nabbed by the Berekum police last Friday, upon a tip off.
One...