{"id":22372,"date":"2023-02-19T17:03:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T17:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bobonong-police-nab-fake-cops"},"modified":"2023-02-19T18:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:05:56","slug":"bobonong-police-nab-fake-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bobonong-police-nab-fake-cops","title":{"rendered":"Bobonong police nab fake cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Four Batswana men have been arrested for impersonating the police and defrauding unsuspecting victims of large sums of money.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Botswana Police Service (BPS) Public Relations Officer, Senior Superintendent Near Bagali stated in a media release that Bobonong police arrested four Batswana men aged between 31 and 42 on Thursday for obtaining by false pretences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quartet, two men from Old Naledi in Gaborone, one from Kopong, and the other from Francistown, are suspected to be part of a syndicate that has been going around defrauding people of cash masquerading as police officers who are investigating some cases of stolen money,\u201d Bagali said.<\/p>\n<p>Bagali said the suspects allegedly produced fake police identity cards and demanded banking cards and personal PINs from the victim. He said the suspects were arrested after having withdrawn P20,000.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said the police managed to recover over P14,000 of the money believed to be proceeds of the same crime. The suspects will appear before Bobonong Magistrate\u2019s Court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Four Batswana men have been arrested for impersonating the police and defrauding unsuspecting victims of large sums of money. 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