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The Ghana Police Service says it is investigating an alleged narcotics incident involving some officers of the service, whose identities are unknown. The probe follows the allegations of planting of narcotics in the vehicle of a civilian, by some police officers on patrol. The Police gives his name as Dr …

Four personnel of the Ghana Police Service in the Bono Region have been accused of brutalising an assistant environmental health analyst at Sene West District Assembly in the Bono Region after he allegedly refused to pay a GH¢5 bribe. According to a Peace FM report, the police officers, who are …

The Islamic police force in northern Nigeria’s main city has arrested 19 Muslims, accusing them of attending the wedding of a same-sex couple. The force raided the marriage ceremony in Kano after a tip-off, its spokesman Lawal Ibrahim Fagge said. The couple, who had not yet taken their vows, managed …

The police have restored order in Bator in the Volta Region and arrested at least 15 suspects in connection with a violent chieftaincy dispute which resulted in the death of five people and injury to others. The injured victims are responding to treatment while the bodies of the deceased have …

As part of strategies to prevent accidents, especially during the festive season and beyond, the Police have introduced an initiative to check the insecure loading of vehicles across the country. The initiative, dubbed Operation PAILES (Police Anti-Insecure Loading Enforcement Strategy) is aimed at ensuring that cargo carting trucks do not …

The Police say it has shot dead two and arrested one of the armed robbers who attacked and shot a woman at Caprice in Accra last Friday. According to the Police, this follows “sustained police intelligence operations” since the day of the incident. In a press statement issued on Monday, …

  Police are on a manhunt for some sixteen persons following violent disturbances at the just-ended National Democratic Congress (NDC) Women’s Organiser and National Youth Organiser congress held in Cape Coast on Saturday, December 10, 2022. A statement issued by the Police, said “while proceedings were ongoing at the Congress …

The police are pursuing a gang of armed robbers who attacked and shot a Chinese businesswoman at Caprice in Accra on Friday, December 9, 2022, after trailing her from the West Hills mall. The robbers reportedly made away with a bag with an unspecified amount of money after shooting the …

Residents of Spintex in Accra have been left in a state of sadness and fear amid wailing following the arrest of a young man for allegedly beheading a lady believed to be his girlfriend. A video shared by a Twitter influencer, @SIKAOFFICIAL1 shows police officers carrying the body of the …

A personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at Nalerigu in the North East Region, s being pursued by Police in the region for allegedly defrauding five persons. Mark Akana aka ‘Apostle’ is said to have taken ¢20,000 under the pretext of facilitating their recruitment into the security services. …