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Drug store operator arrested after alleged coffin ritual at Foase cemetery

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A 28-year-old drug store operator has been arrested at Foase in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region after he was allegedly found sleeping in a coffin at the community cemetery.

The suspect, identified only as Foster, was apprehended on Thursday, 5 November 2026, after a local hunter reported finding an unburied coffin in an open section of the burial ground.

Residents cited by the outlet linked the episode to a suspected money ritual. Police involvement and the precise offence under investigation were reported as an arrest following the discovery; no charge sheet details were published in the source account reviewed.

The suspect remains an alleged offender. GhanaCrimes has not independently verified ritual claims beyond the cited local report.

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