Police in the Upper East Region have smashed a suspected armed robbery network operating in Zebilla, Garu and Binduri, leading to the arrest of seven persons.
The suspects are: Issaka Iddrisu, 20; Ali Tamimu, 21; Akugre Amobila, 26; Banabas Apiiga, 41; Abdul-Rashid Adamu, 38; Apiiga Alebena, 21; and Bilal Adabodee, 31.
The Upper East Regional Police Command said the arrests followed an intelligence-led operation by the Police Intelligence Directorate (PID), the newly formed Black Cobra Unit and the Zebilla Neighbourhood Watch Committee.
According to the police, the suspects have confessed to belonging to a wider gang that supplies them with weapons for operations in the three districts.
Two victims subsequently reported to the police and identified two of the suspects as part of three armed robbers who attacked them at gunpoint and robbed them of two Yamaha scooters valued at Gh¢30,000 ($2,603.19; €2269.63) and Gh¢32,000 ($2,776.73; €2,420.94), threatening to kill them if they reported to the police.
Police say the suspects admitted to the robbery and told investigators that their weapons were supplied by a Bawku-based suspect whose name has been withheld.
A search at the houses of Abdul-Rashid Adamu, Apiiga Alebena and Bilal Adabodee led to the retrieval of two unregistered motorbikes, quantities of suspected hard drugs and Gh¢29,550 cash ($2,564.14; €2,235.59), suspected to be booty from their robberies.
All seven have been remanded into police custody by the Circuit Court in Bolgatanga and are due to reappear on Wednesday, 23 September 2026.
Source: Edward Adeti/Media Without Borders/mwbonline.org/Ghana/West Africa
