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Following an alleged accidental firing of guns at a durbar to honour newly installed Akyempemhene, Nana Amoako Darko at Suhum in the Eastern Region on Saturday 6th November 2021, seven persons have sustained injuries. According to the Eastern Regional Public Relations Officer DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, one Sergeant Welbeck Agyina of station CID Osu, who is the cousin of the newly installed Akyempemhene fired a pump action gun in the midst of the crowd. The crowd/celebrants were reportedly waiting at the Suhum main lorry…

The administration of the Ghana Police Service has announced that it will use legal means to interrogate the Madina MP Francis-Xavier Sosu following the refusal of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to release him to assist investigations. Apparently police are pursuing the lawmaker following his alleged involvement in a protest in his constituency which led to the unlawful road blockade and destruction of properties. Reports that have gone viral on the web is that on Sunday, 31st October, lawyer Sosu while at…

The Police has denied reports of some officers storming the Believers' House of Prayer Ministries located in Madina to arrest Member of Parliament for the constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu for interrogation. According to the police in a statement issued on Sunday, 31st November 2021, any plain-clothed personnel found on the premises of the church were there for intelligence purpose and not to effect an arrest. The head pastor of the Church, Bishop Chris Ablordey who spoke with pressmen stated that the policemen…

An investigation has commenced into a shooting incident at a shrine at Prampram which led to the killing of one Nene Aryeh Otusekrom and two others Tawiah Nyumu and Nene Tettey Kwadzo injured on Tuesday, 26th October by the Prampram Divisional Police. A statement from the police indicates that the heads of families in Prapram had gone to Lalue Shrine when they got attacked by some unknown gunmen resulting in one person losing his life and two seriously injured. ''Police Commence Investigation into Shooting Incident…

Two police officers who have been described as highly-trained have been killed in a road crash on Thursday 21st October 2021. Report indicate that the two highly trained officers were members of a five-member Taskforce dispatched to respond to an emergency on the Walewale-Bolgatanga road. The other three officers who were injured are in a critical condition seeking medical attention. A statement from the police indicates that there are plans underway for flying the critically injured officers from Walewale for…

On Sunday 10th October 2021, the Accra Regional Police Command arrested two suspected robberies at Oyibi, a suburb of Accra as it thwarted a robbery attempt. One of the suspects, Richard Narh aged 45 got accessed to the house of his victim by chiseling into the fence wall of the house. According to a release from the police, the prime suspect, Richard broke open the burglar-proof window of the kitchen then found his way into the building. Richard attacked one occupant of the building and that was when the police…

Police of the Central Regional Command has offered to reward anyone who gives valid information on the where about of four men who shot a man and bolted with his money an amount of GHS5,000. Reports indicates that the four robbers were said to have trailed the man from a bank where he withdrew huge amount of money to a hardware shop where he went to purchase some building materials. According to witness the 73-year-old man was confronted by the robbers to give them the money but he struggled with them after which…

According to the police in the Volta Region, 10 more armed robbers who robbed a company and shot into a vehicle at Anlo-Afiadanyigba have been arrested. This comes after the police announced on 2nd October that five armed men were arrested at around 11:30 Pm at Afiadanygba in the Volta Region. In a post on twitter the police announced that the arrest of the armed robbers was made possible through a joint team of police officers and people of the town. Nobody was hurt during the operation. No casualty was…

On Saturday 2nd October 2021 at about 11:30pm some five armed robbers were arrested at Afiadenyigba in the Volta Region of Ghana. According to the police, the robbers attacked a shop and shot into a vehicle. These robbers were arrested by the police and residents. In a post on twitter the police announced that the arrest of the armed robbers was made possible through a joint team of police officers and people of the town. Nobody was hurt during the operation. ''Five armed robbers arrested yesterday at about…

Ernest Newton Dwamena, a police constable who used to be part of the Regional Department of Savannah Regional Police Command has been crashed to death by a truck. He was on duty when he got crashed down by a truck driver who had lost control. The unfortunate accident took place on Wednesday, 29th September 2021. DCOP Ebenezer Larbi and a delegation has since visited the family of the dead police man at Kintampo in the Bono East Region of Ghana. “The Ag. IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has also reached out to the…