Crime Prevention
NACOC's Western Regional Command says national data show some children first use drugs from age seven, citing alcohol, cannabis, shisha and cigarettes among commonly abused substances.
Investigations & Cold Cases
Deputy Foreign Minister James Gyakye Quayson has assured the family of Akpene Diamond Tetteh, a 37-year-old Ghanaian shot dead in Georgia in February 2026, of government help as a murder trial continues.
Police Reports
The Northern Regional Police Command will deploy 400 officers to secure the NDC regional executive elections at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale on 13 and 14 November 2026.
Fraud & Scams
The Ghana Police Service has warned motorists against fraudulent messages asking them to pay TraffiTech-GH traffic fines through unofficial channels, saying genuine notices come only from the sender ID GPS-MTTD.
Drug Offences
The NPP has demanded the immediate removal of the heads of NACOC, Ghana Airports Company, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and National Security over at least 14 drug seizures linked to Ghana since March 2025.
White Collar Crime
The Attorney-General's Office has found no evidence of stealing or forgery against the late CLOGSAG Executive Secretary, Dr Isaac Akuetteh Bampoe Addo, and former president Benjamin Otoo over a GH¢500,000 withdrawal.
Court Cases & Judgments
The Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra has dismissed Adamus Australia's bid to stop the transfer of a 90 per cent stake in Adamus Ghana held through Nguvu Mining.
Violent Crime
Kofi Sackey, a 56-year-old cocoa farmer, was found dead in a room at Assin Ketukrom in the Central Region on 3 November 2026 with a gunshot wound to his abdomen and a shotgun on his chest.
Organised Crime
NAIMOS, backed by the Ghana Navy Special Boat Squadron, crossed the River Offin at Nipanekro in the Central Region and immobilised equipment allegedly used for illegal mining.
Crime Prevention
CID Director-General COP Lydia Donkor has warned that counterfeit medicines, electrical products and cosmetics pose serious public safety risks, and described intellectual property crime as part of transnational organised crime.
Investigations & Cold Cases
Lawyers for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta used videos of protests outside the US Embassy in Accra to argue he would be unsafe in Ghana, Ghana's Ambassador to the US, Victor Smith, has said.
Police Reports
Police in Kumasi have arrested three suspected members of a motorcycle gang accused of illegal midnight races, blocking roads and robbing people in the Breman, Kronum and Suame area.
Investigations & Cold Cases
The body of Joseph Owusu, a 24-year-old Ghanaian church organist, has been found at a dumpsite in the Bronx, New York, nearly two weeks after he was reported missing.
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EOCO has ordered Sarkodie Baffour Awuah and Partners, where Manhyia North MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah is a senior partner, to submit financial, tax and bank records for 2017 to 2025 by 6 November 2026.
Traffic & Road Safety
Ghana's TraffiTech-GH automated speed camera system, run under an 11-year PPP with NTMEL, went live on 1 November 2026 with fines from GH¢120, owner liability and DVLA service blocks for unpaid penalties.
Court Cases & Judgments
Six plaintiffs, including three NPP MPs and broadcaster Paul Adom-Otchere, have filed a writ at the Supreme Court asking it to declare parts of the Tribunals Act, 2026 (Act 1181) unconstitutional.
Violent Crime
Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested 3 Nigerian nationals suspected of belonging to a syndicate allegedly behind a series of robberies targeting bank customers in Kumasi, while a fourth suspect is on the run.
Court Cases & Judgments
Asante Akyem North MP Ohene Kwame Frimpong remains in custody in the Netherlands after two bail applications failed, with a hearing on a US extradition request set for 18 November 2026, the Majority Chief Whip says.
Violent Crime
Two tipper truck drivers are being treated at Tema General Hospital after allegedly being flogged and shot by a group of about 10 uniformed men at Afienya in the Greater Accra Region.
Organised Crime
NAIMOS says it arrested suspected illegal miners at Subin Akwaaboso in the Central Region after personnel faced resistance from people armed with cutlasses and firearms during an operation on 1 November 2026.
Violent Crime
Police at Agogo in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 20-year-old man over the alleged defilement of a 13-year-old girl in a farming community near the town.
Violent Crime
Three people, including a Ghana Immigration Service officer, have died after a tricycle load suspected to be dynamite exploded during a border patrol at Hamile in the Upper West Region, and the government has imposed a 6pm to 5am curfew on the area.
Court Cases & Judgments
The Adentan Circuit Court has rejected a submission of no case to answer by pastor William Gyimah, who is on trial for allegedly publishing false news about a plot to kill Vice-President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang.
Fraud & Scams
The Bank of Ghana says 20 mobile loan apps are operating without a licence and has told banks and payment providers not to process their transactions, warning the public against using them.
Crime Prevention
Communication Minister Samuel Nartey George says people who attack journalists will be prosecuted regardless of their political affiliation, position or uniform, as a model journalist safety policy was launched in Accra.
Organised Crime
NAIMOS has arrested 28 suspected foremen and machine owners and destroyed 29 chanfang machines during an operation against an illegal mining site at Akango in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region.
Violent Crime
A middle-aged man has been shot dead near his home in Bunkpurugu, North East Region, by unidentified masked gunmen on motorbikes, despite a heavy security presence in the town.
Police Reports
Police in the Western Central Region are investigating the death of 26-year-old Samuel Akamboya, found dead beside a gold detector at a mining site at Nkakaa near Manso Amenfi after gunfire.
Police Reports
Police have arrested the parents of a two-year-old girl allegedly abandoned overnight in a bush near Mbradan in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region. The child is in stable condition in hospital.
Organised Crime
One suspected illegal miner was killed and another injured after suspected miners allegedly opened fire on Operation GREEN SHIELD soldiers in the Atiwa Forest Reserve. 4 suspects, 3 of them Malian nationals, were arrested.
Violent Crime
A man in his late 30s has reportedly been arrested after allegedly confessing in a video circulating on social media to killing 3 people for ritual purposes at a woman's request.
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