A young man believed to be in his early 30s has been arrested by the\u00a0Kibi Police command for posing as a personnel of the Ghana Criminal Investigation Department (CID).<\/p>\n
He was arrested at a hotel in the Abuakwa South district of the Eastern Region upon a\u00a0tip-off.<\/p>\n
The suspect, according to residents have been molesting and extorting money from residents in and around Bunso junction.<\/p>\n
Confirming the arrest to Citi News<\/strong>, the Kibi Municipal Police Commander DSP Mariam Osei-Adu, said the suspect arrived in the town some three months ago and told residents he was in to investigate a murder case.<\/p>\n DSP Osei-Adu added that the police was processing him for court.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got the information that the gentleman, in his early 30s was going around telling people that he is a CID officer. When he arrived at the place some three months ago and rented a place at Bunso. According\u00a0to residents, he said he was a CID man and he was there purposely to investigate a murder case. I think the people in observing him clearly and from his conversation and actions, suspected that he was not a CID officer so they alerted the police. He is now in custody and we are preparing him for court.\u201d<\/p>\n The police rely heavily on tip-offs and reports on suspicious characters within the community to bust imposters.<\/p>\n The police have struggled in the past few years to deal with persons who pose as military and police officers and molest citizens.<\/p>\n Some of these imposters also promise jobs and other essential services and abscond after receiving huge sums of money from their victims.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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