Police arrest 26-year-old man for stealing 26 goats and sellotaping their mouths

Police arrest 26-year-old man for stealing 26 goats and sellotaping their mouths

- A 23-year older man has been arrested for stealing goats

- All 26 goats were smuggled into an Opel vehicle

- About 16 of the goats died after their mouths were sellotaped

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Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in the Northern Region for stealing goats and sellotaping their mouths.

The suspect, Haruna Zakaria, was driving an Opel Astra with registration number BA 1538-12 loaded with some of the goats.

Police arrest 26-year-old man for stealing 26 goats and sellotaping their mouths
Police arrest 26-year-old man for stealing 26 goats and sellotaping their mouths (Pictures extracted from Savelugu Municipal Police)
Source: UGC

Confirming the incident, the Savelugu Municipal Police Commander, DSP Twumasi Ankrah, said the animals are currently with the police adding that 18 of the animals are alive, whiles some suffocated to death.

Failed election promises

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The presidential candidate for the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) who contested the 2020 elections says he made big promises, knowing he will not win the polls.

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Percival Kofi Akpaloo, in an interview on Wontumi FM, monitored by YEN.com.gh, stated that he entered the elections with the knowledge of losing.

"Why should I think I could win that election. I knew it wouldn't be possible, so I made promises by heart. So the vim to win the election was baseless and just a hallucination," he stated.

Death of Bright International Headmaster

A 35-year-old man has been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Pokrom in the Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern region.

The deceased, Frederick Ohene Gyan, was killed on his way home from town around 10 Pm. A community source said that Frederick, who has a Chinese wife, was shot while entering his room.

The victim was rushed to Nsawam Government Hospital but pronounced dead a few hours later. A preliminary police investigation revealed an empty pistol shell at the crime scene and bloodstains.

Frederick was the proprietor of Bright Star International School at Kwamekrom and owned a football academy, Bright Stars.

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Meanwhile, his remains have been deposited at the police hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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