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Police Arrest Two Suspects in Connection with Robbery and Murder at Tweapease-Aboo
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Police Arrest Two Suspects in Connection with Robbery and Murder at Tweapease-Aboo

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has apprehended two individuals believed to be connected to a recent robbery and the tragic murder of a 20-year-old man, identified as Kofi Mensah, at Tweapease-Aboo in the Ashanti Region. According to preliminary police reports, the suspects were arrested following an intensive intelligence-led operation conducted by officers in the area. The incident, which occurred earlier this week, involved a violent robbery that resulted in the untimely death of the victim. The Regional Police Command confirmed that the suspects are currently in custody and assisting with ongoing investigations. Authorities have assured the public that every effort is being made to bring all persons involved in the crime to justice. “The Police remain committed to en...
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Tema Police Secure 15-Year Jail Term for Two Men in Rape and Robbery Case
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Tema Police Secure 15-Year Jail Term for Two Men in Rape and Robbery Case

The Tema Regional Police Command has secured the conviction of two men who attacked, raped, and robbed a young woman along the Apollonia–Afienya road late last month. The disturbing incident happened on September 27, 2025, at Okushibli, when a 19-year-old hairdresser hired a motor rider, Nicholas Tetteh, to take her to Afienya. Police say the rider conspired with two accomplices, including Joseph Tetteh, to assault the victim. On the way, she was dragged into a nearby bush, where two of the men allegedly raped her before taking off with her iPhone XR and handbag containing GHC 150. The traumatized victim later reported the case to the Zenu-Atadeka Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU). Officers quickly launched investigations, issued her a medical form for treatment, ...
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One Suspect Arrested in Mpohor Gold Shop Robbery, Police Hunt for Accomplices
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One Suspect Arrested in Mpohor Gold Shop Robbery, Police Hunt for Accomplices

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested one suspect in connection with a violent robbery incident at a gold buying shop in the Mpohor District on Saturday, August 16, 2025. According to police, a gang of armed men stormed the gold shop and made away with an unspecified amount of money after injuring one person during the attack. The injured victim is said to be responding positively to treatment. In a statement signed by Superintendent Olivia Adiku, Head of Public Affairs for the Western Regional Command, the police confirmed that one suspect is currently in custody and assisting investigators. Meanwhile, a manhunt has been launched to track down the remaining suspects who are on the run. The police have assured the public of their commitment to bringing all perpetrators ...
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Two arrested over alleged attempted robbery  
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Two arrested over alleged attempted robbery  

The Special Unit of the Ghana Police Service has arrested two employees of a company at North Kaneshie, Accra, for allegedly conspiring to rob the firm during a scheduled cash transfer.  The suspects, identified as Joseph Danso, alias Nana Yaw, and Fauzan Alhassan, were apprehended on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, while trailing a dispatch rider conveying company funds to a bank at Abossey Okai.  A police statement indicated that intelligence gathered revealed a plot involving the two suspects and their alleged accomplices, identified as Frankie and Asante, to rob the company during the cash movement.  “Surveillance mounted by the Special Support Unit led to the arrest of the two suspects in the act,” the statement said.  During interrogation, the suspects reportedly confess...
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Police Arrest Two Suspects for Robbery and Extortion at Wangarakrom
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Police Arrest Two Suspects for Robbery and Extortion at Wangarakrom

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested two individuals in connection with a robbery and extortion incident at Wangarakrom, near Tarkwa in the Western Region. The suspects, identified as Kwame Mumuni and Awal Benjamin, were apprehended on March 31, 2025. During the arrest, police retrieved several exhibits, including a red unregistered Suzuki motorbike, military camouflage tops, three pairs of boots, a torchlight, a black face mask, and an amount of GHC 645.00 in cash. The suspects are currently in police custody and will be arraigned before the court to face justice. The police have assured the public of their commitment to maintaining law and order while urging citizens to provide any information that may assist in crime prevention efforts.
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Court denies two bails over alleged robbery at Abura  
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Court denies two bails over alleged robbery at Abura  

The Cape Coast Circuit Court II has remanded two unemployed men Adjei Mensah, 20 and Philip Ackon, 25 into police custody for allegedly robbing two sisters at knife point at Abura, a suburban Cape Coast.   The accused persons reside at Abura Baaware, a suburb of Cape Coast.  The Court presided over by Ms Nana Aba Kwaiba Nunoo, had earlier granted the two bails in the sum of 10,000 Cedis with three sureties each, but they could not fulfil the bail terms.   They will make their next appearance on Friday, February 28.   Narrating the case to the court, the Prosecutor, Inspector Joseph Laare, said the complainant, Ms Rosemary Bortier, 19 years old is a shop attendant and a resident of Abura Academy.   He said on Tuesday October 24, last year at...
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Berekum Police investigate ‘Thursday Market’ robbery
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Berekum Police investigate ‘Thursday Market’ robbery

Police in Berekum are investigating a robbery that took place at a shop at the Berekum 'Thursday Market' in the Bono Region. Thieves broke into the provision shop and made away with undisclosed sums of money and other valuables on Thursday night February 6, 2025. A police source who confirmed the incident told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that no arrest had since been made and police investigations were on-going. Madam Grace Ama, the shop owner, told the GNA that the thieves also damaged the shop’s ceiling, and appealed to the public to provide any information they received in connection with the theft to aid police investigations. She also appealed to other traders and residents around the market to remain watchful and report people with strange movements and suspicious charact...
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Two soldiers jailed 10 years each for robbery and kidnapping  
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Two soldiers jailed 10 years each for robbery and kidnapping  

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced two soldiers to ten years imprisonment each in hard labour for kidnapping and robbing a small-scale miner of GHC96,500.00.  Air-force Lance Corporal (LAC) Alfred Mensah, 33 and LAC Matthew Amoako, 28, both denied conspiring to rob and kidnap Mr Andrews Asante.  They were then taken through a full trial and found culpable.  Meanwhile, three of their accomplices: only named as Frimpong and Francis, both soldiers as well as one Francis Acheampong, 41, driver, are at large.  Detective Chief Inspector Eric Twum, narrating told the Court presided over by Mr Isaac Appeatu that Mr Asante, the Complainant, was a small-scale miner resident at Ametubuom, a suburb of Asiwa, whilst Mensah and Amoako are Air Force officers based in...
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