“When we have such disasters within a neighborhood, it calls for the structural integrity analysis of that stretch of the road including other buildings within the area that might have been affected…It is not far-fetched for the Department of Urban Roads to conduct a structural analysis of that stretch of the road and other structures in the area,” he noted in a Citi News interview.

[contextly_sidebar id=”n2x7LJIZBHRRKQcewR4j9qqL70H3UBI1″]Mr. Abdulai said these checks need to be done “to clear doubts of anybody who uses the flyover in the aftermath of the opening of the bridge to motorists and pedestrians alike.”

The Engineer maintained that, premium should be placed on conducting these checks, given the far-reaching impact of the gas explosion since occupants of buildings located several meters away reported some tremor.

“Some people all the way in Ashaley Botwe said they felt the impact,” he added.

7 people were killed, with 132 others injured as two gas explosions occurred at Atomic junction in Accra.

The explosions left many structures destroyed with some vehicles totally burnt.

There have been suggestions that the impact of the development will include weakened foundations of some nearby structures which may be dangerous to inhabit, until proper engineering works are carried out to guarantee their safety.

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Speaking to Citi News, the Head of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Regina Mintah said the Police arrested the suspects after being tipped off that Cecilia Anor, a trader at Kumasi Polytechnic had in her custody a stolen baby boy.

“Cecilia Anor was having in her custody a baby boy who was suspected not to be hers so the Police gathered intelligence to that effect and that led to her arrest,” ASP Mintah explained.

ASP Mintah further noted that Cecilia, after her arrest, confessed to the Police that she collected the baby from a typist at the Kumasi Children’s home known as Comfort Agyei.

Meanwhile, the three suspects are currently in police custody, assisting the police in their investigations.

The theft follows a similar incident at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) which led to the suspension of the doctor and nurse on duty at the hospital when the baby went missing.

The Health Ministry, since the news broke, has been making efforts to unravel the circumstances under which the baby went missing.

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Authorities were called to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel after the singer, best known for making a sex tape in 2007 with Kim Kardashian, allegedly grabbed a woman’s backside, according to a release from the Beverly Hills Police Department.

Ray J, who was linked to Whitney Houston shortly before her death, was asked to leave the hotel after police spoke to him and the woman and determined that the incident was not a case of sexual battery and that the contact was “incidental.” But when the 33-year-old got to the valet area, he allegedly acted belligerently and refused to leave.

As police took the brother of singer and actress Brandy into custody, he allegedly kicked and shattered the side window of the police car and spat in an officer’s face. He was booked for trespassing, vandalism, resisting arrest and battery on a police officer.

His bail was set at $20,000, and he was released from custody on Friday night.

The Beverly Wilshite is not commenting on the incident. The rapper’s rep also declined comment.

Source: people.com

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Narrating the incident to Citi News, the acting Public Relations Officer of the Upper West Regional Police, ASP Edmund Namekye, said the suspect,  “Kojo Mensah, stole the car from Ibrahim Send Enterprise,  a small scale mining company based In  Asante Bedwas where he was engaged as a driver.”

Kojo Mensah absconded with the car to Techiman and offered it for sale at GHC10, 000.

According g to ASP Nyamekye, Police in Wa upon a tip off feigned interest in buying the car at GHC15, 000, and lured the suspect to Wa where he was arrested upon interrogation.

He said a signal was sent to other police stations across the country, and it came out that a complaint about the missing car had been lodged at the Asante Bekwai police station about the said missing car.

The suspect has since been handed over to the police in Asante Bekwai for further investigations.

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Six men have been arrested in connection with the slashing of the neck of a 70-year-old man at Teshie in Accra.

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Two Ghanaians, including the owner of Le Baron Hotel at East Legon in Accra, David Kwadwo Anim, have been busted at the Heathrow Airport in London for alleged drug trafficking and money laundering.

The other suspect is Kofi Antwi Nkansah, a businessman.

He is also alleged to have serious ties with major drug gangs in Europe, South America and the United States of America.

The two suspects were said to have delivered 500 kilogrammes of heroin to undercover drug enforcement officials on January 22, 2014 without any incident.

Provisional  arrest warrant

Briefing the Daily Graphic in Accra Monday, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Nii Lante Blankson, said the arrest was in pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant issued by the United States for the arrest of the two Ghanaians and a Nigerian.

According to him, Anim, Nkansah and Adjayi Akpo, the Nigerian, had each been indicted and charged in the Southern District Court of New York for the violation of United States Drug Enforcement laws.

He said Adjayi was, however, on the run but said an intensive search had been mounted for his arrest.

Nii Blankson said since 2012, the NACOB, in collaboration with its foreign counterparts, had been conducting a joint operation on Anim.

The arrests

He said Anim had been able to escape arrest until April 26, 2014 when he was busted at the Heathrow Airport while going through arrival formalities.

Nii Blankson indicated that the following day, April 27, 2014, Nkansah was also arrested on arrival at Heathrow from one of the Asian countries.

He said the two suspects were to be extradited from the United Kingdom to the Unites States to face trial.

Source: Graphic Online

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The Police suspected them to be engaging in narcotics, gambling and prostitution.

They are made up of 42 females and 44 males and were arrested at Asafo, around the Rex Cinema and the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI), Oforikrom and Dichemso near the Plaza Hotel.

Chief Superintendent Deborah Campbell, the Divisional Commander told journalists at a briefing in Kumasi on Friday that, almost all the women were arrested on suspicion of soliciting for sex.

She explained that the operation was to send a strong signal to criminals living within the communities that, the police was poised to deal with crime without any fear or favour.

Chief Superintendent Campbell expressed gratitude to the opinion leaders in the communities for their support to the police in an effort to reduce criminal activities, especially in the zongo communities.

She noted that the Zongo communities were made up of good and law abiding people and the Command would not sit down for a few ones with criminal minds to tarnish the image of the communities in the Kumasi metropolis.

“For some time now, there had been sanity in the Division but the Command still want to maintain that level of sanity, as those few ones would be fished out”, she stressed.

The Police is currently screening the suspects and those found culpable would be arraigned in due course.

Source: GNA

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The Marine Police Unit of the Ghana Police Service has busted a fishing boat for illegally buying a bulk consignment of fish from a foreign fishing vessel offshore.

Source: Graphic Online

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