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Upper East: Police retrieve weapons, motorbikes after dismantling robbery gang
Featured Sep - 19 - 2026 , 23:21 2 minutes read The Upper East Regional Police Command has retrieved weapons and motorbikes following the dismantling of a notorious robbery gang connected to a series of robbery attacks on motorbike riders and mobile money vendors across Benaba, Binduri, Pusiga, Garu, Zebilla, and surrounding communities.
During the operation, the team came under gunfire, resulting in injuries to three suspects: Amadu Apiiga, aged 33; Philip Vokbilla; and Bilal Adabode, alias Sulley, who led the Police to the location.
The incident occurred when the Police team, together with the suspects, went to a location in the Tilly Forest where the gang had indicated their rifles were concealed.
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