Police in Tunisia have Wednesday violently dismantled a migrants camp located in the outskirts of the city of Sfax (Centre West), setting fire to their belongings. Footages of the sad turn of events were first posted by Ebrahima Drammeh who is the brain behind the social media platform Ebrima Migrants[Read More…]
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Can The Police Arrest Without A Warrant?
There are instances where the public agitates about arrest without a warrant. The question for discussion in this article is whether a police officer can arrest without a warrant. As professional law students at the Gambia Law School, Banjul, and the Ghana School of Law, Ghana, we examine this based[Read More…]
Police Issues Statement On Salaji Incident
While officers of the Police Intervention Unit were on guard at the government demarcated land at Salagi, some youths of Sukuta mobilised themselves to cause vandalism by removing pegs and lines/markings used in the mapping of the land area allocated for Salagi market and car park. As the Standard Operating[Read More…]
Lady Charged After Confessing To Staging Crime
The 33-year-old lady, who sometime this year lodged a complaint of being bewitched by an old beggar woman to surrender D250,000 to her(beggar),has been charged with giving false information to a public officer, the police said on Friday. Isatou Drammeh has been remanded on bail, awaiting trial after being charged[Read More…]
Bafuloto Man Confesses To Murder
A Bafuloto man has confessed to killing his brother and could be arraigned before the courts any time soon, the police reported on Monday. The murder occured last week when Edward Nzally stabbed his brother, Yassin Nzally, to death following an argument, the police said. He fled the crime scene[Read More…]
Police Arrest Tanji Murder Suspect
A 30-year-old Tanji native has been remanded in custody following his arrest over suspected murder. Saajumu Keita was reportedly arrested in Senegal where he fled after allegedly killing his 85-year-old father in Tanji. He was traced in Dakar by Gambian detectives and was arrested through the existing security arrangements between[Read More…]
Police Swoop In Yundum Leads To Recovery Of Stolen Items
Following series of complaints of house breakings in a particular area in old Yundum, members of the West Coast Police Taskforce, raided a house, where a suspected notorious offender was believed to stay and in the process, valuable items including plasma flat TVs, electronic materials, building materials, car jerk and[Read More…]
Neneh Freda, Lamin Sey Reportedly Arrested
Neneh Freda Gomez and Lamin Sey have been arrested, if information on Ms. Freda Gomez’s Facebook page was anything to go by. “I have just been arrested together with Lamin Sey. We don’t know yet where they are heading to. Arresting someone means manhandle the person by breaking her fingernails[Read More…]
Police Intercept Six Bags Of Cannabis In Brikama – Sources
Officers at Madina Police Station in Brikama have reportedly intercepted six bags of Cannabis Sativa over the weekend, JollofNews can report. According to dependable sources, a BMW vehicle was stopped for regular checks at a police checkpoint mounted on Brikama-Manduar Highway. “The driver then complied and gave the insurance and[Read More…]
Daylight Attack On Foreign Exchange Bureau In Bakau – Sources
A foreign exchange outlet was reportedly attacked in Bakau Friday afternoon with thieves said to have made away with cash. According to sources, the affected bureau, located just opposite the Catholic church around Bakau market, was attacked as faithfuls went to join the Friday congregational prayers. The lady, overseeing the[Read More…]