By Mike Rwothomio

Police in Arua have busted two suspected highway robbers accused of sticking up a truck loaded with refugee aid food.

The heist went down around midnight on November 6 at Kamukamu trading center along the Arua-Nebbi road.

The nabbed thugs have been Identified by police as Asara Godwin, 18, from Ananjara village, Ajia sub-county

Sabute Brian, 21, from Ocoko village, Ajia sub-county.

According to SSP Josephine Angucia, West Nile Police Public Relations Officer, the driver, Abdul Aziz, 27, from Kyengera in Kampala, reported the stickup while transporting food supplies to Palorinya refugee settlement.

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Angucia said the driver described how the suspects " armed with machetes" tried to flag down his truck. When he kept going, they hopped on the moving truck and started tossing bags of posho onto the road.

She added that the driver tried to brake, but the thugs threatened to slash him with machetes, forcing him to call the officers . The robbers then ditched into the bushes.

Officers , led by the Arua Vurra DPC, combed the area from midnight until 4:30 a.m. At 6:00 a.m., they pulled over a Toyota Harrier (plate UAW 012A) hauling four stolen bags of posho.

Angucia said the four riders dashed into the bushes, but two got arrested.

A bike used in the crime was impounded and is now at Arua Rural Police Station in Odumi.

The suspects are locked up while the probe continues.

Angucia noted that these bandits prey on slow trucks on the bumpy Nebbi-Arua road, especially around holidays.

With a new patrol ride, police aim to ramp up watches and throw the book at all criminals, Angucia said.

This adds to the recent string of highway muggings along the Nebbi-Arua road, where travelers have lost big to these wild crews of jobless gangbangers packing basic rudimentary weapons for these dirty deeds.

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Mike Rwothomio is news editor at zoomer Africa your number one grassroot information