THE Upper West Police Command has arrested a Fulani man described as a notorious robber engaged in cross-border crimes between Ghana and Burkina Faso.
The 30-year-old suspect, Diallo Mousa, alias Souley Amadou or Sulley Mogo Beega, was arrested with the assistance of the Burkinabe authorities.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in Wa, the Upper West Regional Police Commander, ACP Alex Bedie, said his outfit liaised with its Burkinabe counterpart to track down Mousa.
He said the suspect, who is currently on court bail, in spite of protestations by the police, had been involved in several robbery cases in the Upper West Region, particularly on the Babile-Nandom and the Gwollu–Nandom roads.
He said information obtained from Burkina Faso revealed that the suspect had been convicted to 12–30 months in prison for robbery between 1999 and 2002.
He said the suspect was also wanted by the Gendarmeries unit of Ouessa in the Burkina Faso, where he is alleged to be the head of a gangster group responsible for a number of robberies in Leo in the Sissili District, on April 12, 2009 and in Niego on May 10, 2009 before taking refuge in Ghana.
He appealed to the courts to co-operate with the police to deal with suspected robbers instead of always granting them bail.
According to ACP Bedie, granting bail to suspected armed robbers demoralised the police who risked their lives in such dangerous operations.
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