Police arrest suspect over jewellery theft during fire outbreak

He said on October 3, 2026, at about 22:30 hours, the fire started in a room of a storey building at Starlet 21 Street, in Koforidua, and spread to other parts of the premises, prompting personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Police to respond to the scene.

ASP Kusi said Mrs Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, the Eastern Regional Minister, together with Mr Ransford Owusu Boakye, the Municipal Chief Executive for New Juaben South, DCOP Joseph Owusu-Bempah, the Eastern Regional Police Commander, among others, ed the scene at about 23:10 hours on that same day.

The Police in Koforidua have arrested Abubakar Abdul Latif, 32, for allegedly stealing female jewellery from a jewellery stand while firefighters battled a fire outbreak at Starlet 21 Street in Koforidua.