Two Highway Robbers Grabbed

The Sawla District police in the Northern Region have in their custody two men suspected to be highway robbers.

Mustapha Mumuni and Ali Bukari were arrested along the Sawla-Tuna road on Wednesday by a police operation team ‘Conquer.”

According to a police situational report, “a search conducted on them revealed assorted monies in separate wraps” and four mobile phones.

At the District Commander’s office, one Abass Gumah of Bole who on September 13 reported a case of robbery at the station,  has identified one of the two arrested as being behind the robbery.

In a related development Students and travelers from Piina to Wa along the Piina-Jirapa road have been attacked and robbed off their school fees, belongings and phones among others.

The incident which happened in the early hours of yesterdayu affected students of Lawra SHS, Wa Senior High Technical, Wa, Technical Institute and Gbewaa college of education.

Narrating their ordeal, the robbery victims said upon reaching Tampouri junction, where the part of the road is bad, they saw touch lights flashing at them signalling the driver to stop, the driver stopped “and it was five men with guns, all speaking twi and they were all asked to bring their monies and belongings”.

The driver whose vehicle was robbed Abu Salifu said he was terrified when he got to them as it was the first time been attacked by armed robbers along that route.