Property Crime
Somanya District Police and Borteyman Police arrested a 57-year-old man at Akode near Somanya on 5 November 2026 after social-media videos accused him of shoplifting across southern Ghana; he remains in custody assisting investigations.
Police Reports
Trede District Police arrested two tricycle operators after a clash with students of Atwima Kwanwoma Senior High School at Trede during the school's entertainment week left one person injured, Otec FM reported, citing the headmaster and police.
Violent Crime
An unidentified man believed to be in his 50s was found dead with multiple knife wounds near the Buduburam Police Barrier in Gomoa East; police have taken the body to the morgue as investigations continue.
Police Reports
A 28-year-old drug store operator identified only as Foster was arrested at Foase cemetery in Atwima Kwanwoma after a hunter reported finding him in an unburied coffin in a suspected money-ritual case.
Organised Crime
EU-backed Conginta research presented in Accra warns that illegal mining in the Savannah Region is being financed and carried out largely by foreign nationals, with wider security implications.
Organised Crime
NAIMOS arrested suspects and impounded trucks in a Greater Accra illegal sand-winning crackdown; its spokesperson later said revised measures would be developed with the sector ministry to curb the practice.
Drug Offences
Three suspects were handed to police after youths attacked traditional leaders and an assembly member during a four-day community anti-drug operation at Assin Asaman and Owusukrom.
Police Reports
Two tricycle operators were arrested after a clash with students of Atwima Kwanwoma Senior High School at Trede in the Ashanti Region left one person injured during entertainment week.
Drug Offences
The Ghana Navy intercepted two wooden boats with 117 sacks of suspected cannabis weighing about 4.8 tonnes and valued at more than US$1 million at the Ada Estuary on 5 November 2026.
Crime Prevention
The Crime Check Foundation has launched an Employ One Returning Citizen campaign urging employers to hire people who have served prison sentences and calling for a national reintegration framework.
Crime Prevention
NPA chief executive Godwin Edudzi Tameklo has warned that people who collect spilled fuel from tanker accident scenes risk prosecution as thieves facing up to 20 years in prison.
Drug Offences
NACOC has destroyed more than US$10 million worth of seized narcotics at Bundase in Greater Accra, including about 4.73 million synthetic opioid tablets and 338,000 bottles of codeine cough mixture.
White Collar Crime
Alexander Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, Director-General of the Ghana Scholarships Authority, is the subject of an unverified social media claim of sexual misconduct linked to scholarship awards. He remains presumed innocent. The claim renews scrutiny of an institution with a GH¢250 million 2026 budget allocation.
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Russell Brand, 51, was convicted at Southwark Crown Court in London on 5 November 2026 of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was remanded in custody for sentencing on Monday.
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.
White Collar Crime
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.
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