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The others are Kwabena Ofori, Joshua Boateng and one other identified as Kueey.
An accomplice, who is yet to be identified, is currently on the run.
The suspects after defrauding the victim were in the process of escaping with the money when the victim with the help of other drivers caused their arrest at a location at Dzorwulu.
According to reports, on January 14, 2021, around 12:30 pm, the complainant who is an American, met suspect Kueey, who claimed to be a local miner from Akwatia in the Eastern Region at Palace Chinese Restaurant located at Dzorwulu.
The source said in the course of their conversation, the victim told the suspect that he needed gold to buy for some business purposes.
A policeman has been arrested together with three others, including a small-scale miner for allegedly selling fake gold to an American at Dzorwulu in Accra.
The policeman, Constable Bernard Nubin, who is with the Israel Police Station under the Achimota Mile Seven District Police Command, was arrested along with Kwabena Ofori and Joshua Boateng and a man identified only as Kueey, the small-scale miner from Akwatia in the Eastern Region after they had received a partial payment of $20,000 from the American.
An accomplice, who is yet to be identified, is currently on the run.
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The Public Relations Officer at the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mrs Effia Tenge, confirmed the arrest of the four suspects.
Policeman, three civilians grabbed over attempted fraud LISTEN
JAN 15, 2021
General Constable Bernard Nubin of the Israel Police Station, under Achimota Mile 7 District, and three other civilians are assisting the Accra Regional Police Command in investigations over alleged attempt to defraud an American of $20,000.
The three civilians are: Kwabena Ofori, Joshua Boateng and one Kueey, who is currently on the run.
They were arrested for attempting to sell a quantity of fake gold to a foreigner, whose name is withheld.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Effia Tenge, the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the Command, confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency on Friday.
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