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Police at Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region have arrested a notorious criminal, James Avokah, popularly known as Figo, who was on police wanted list at Asantemansi near Goaso. Avokah was spotted on Tuesday at about 9pm at Asantemansi with two others standing at the middle of the road smoking a substance believed to be Indian hemp. Avokah is said to have been involved in a series of criminal activities such as assault of public officers and other obstructions in the area. According to the police, as soon as Avokah spotted the police patrol team, he instructed his accomplices who are yet to be identified to attack the police officers. The police patrol team managed to overpower and arrested Avokah, but the two others managed to escape. The Brong Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chief Inspector Augustine Kinglesy Oppong who confirmed the incident to Graphic Online, said the police officers were in the area as part of a normal patrol ...

Two young men and a lady died instantly Tuesday night at Adjakaa near Enchi in the Western Region when the motorbike on which they were riding ran into a stationary mini truck loaded with bags of cocoa. Stephen Kofi Martey 32, the rider, with his two pillions – Solomon Ngyan Ndaah, 19 and the lady identified only as Daavi, 28, all residents of Desuano died on the spot when the speeding unregistered Apsonic motorbike ran into the truck that had been parked on the shoulder of the road after running short of fuel. The police have arrested David Boateng, 34, the driver of the Hyundai Mighty truck with registration number GS 1330-11 and the inscription, “who knows tomorrow” to assist in investigations. Supt. Kofi Erzuah, Enchi District Police Commander told Graphic Online that the truck, which was carting dried cocoa beans from Mortoso towards Adjakaa, ran out of fuel upon reaching the outskirts of Adjakaa. The police said the driver who reported himself after the accident, had parked o...