The Ashanti Regional Police have arrested five young lads aged between 16 to 18 years for allegedly selling fake mobile phones to unsuspecting people.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”nJwnjRbt8e6xQ5ZdY9DiCQElof96hPhi”]This was revealed by DSP Abdullai Iddrissu of the SWAT unit at a press briefing held at the regional headquarters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He said the\u00a0police’ SWAT unit after a tip-off arrested the suspects;\u00a0Owusu Ansah, 16 years, Prince Aprakwa aka Abe, 17, Kwadwo Antwi, 17, Stephen Adarkwa, 16 and Yaw Mensah, 19, on February 2, 2015 at Kejetia.<\/p>\n
He said the young boys usually “lure\u00a0unsuspecting buyers with a genuine mobile phone at a reduced price and after bargaining, they smartly and wittingly swap the genuine mobile phone with a fake one.”<\/p>\n
He added that the fake phone which looks like a Samsung branded phone case are usually filled with soap and carefully carved stones.<\/p>\n
DSP Abdullai noted that after selling the fake phones to the buyers the suspects relocate to another point\u00a0\u00a0making it difficult to trace their whereabouts.<\/p>\n
Majority of their victims in the Kumasi metropolis according to the police\u00a0are usually\u00a0travelers.<\/p>\n
The Police further assured that the ring leaders and manufactures of those fake phones are being monitored and they would be apprehended to face the law.<\/p>\n
DSP Abdullai further advised the public to be extra vigilant and mindful of what and where they buy.<\/p>\n
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By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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