{"id":15170,"date":"2020-09-13T17:09:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=15170"},"modified":"2020-09-13T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:09:30","slug":"police-quizzing-nine-over-various-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/police-quizzing-nine-over-various-offences","title":{"rendered":"POLICE QUIZZING NINE OVER VARIOUS OFFENCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> POLICE in Dar es Salam are holding nine people in connection with involvement in offences related to computer systems and Information Communication Technology (ICT) and impersonation.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander (SACP) Lazaro Mambosasa yesterday, seven are foreigners while two are Tanzanians.<\/p>\n<p>He said the suspects were arrested after conducting a special search between August and early this month.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the foreign suspects are being held in connection with committing cyber- related crime while the remaining two are being held for impersonation.<\/p>\n<p>The two individuals posed as national security officers, police officers and Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) officials.<\/p>\n<p>The police mentioned the seven foreigners as Adewale Oyedes (34), a Nigerian citizen,Ibrahim Darbey (44), Cream Elias (38) and Prince Tito (46), citizens of Liberia; Basube Dominic (44) citizen of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sibongile Arhur (44) a South African citizen and Baljit Singh (28) an Indian.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects have been committing fraud and theft through the internet in various parts of the city, police said in their statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter an interview, the suspects admitted to extorting 10,000,000\/- through online fraud; and part of the money was spent on setting up a liquor store at Tangi Bovu in Mbezi beach.<\/p>\n<p>They also bought a Toyota Mark X, two television sets and mattresses,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>SACP Mambosasa explained that all the suspects will be arraigned in court soon; and that the special zone police force was still conducting investigations to identify Tanzanians who were collaborating with them.<\/p>\n<p>Police also mentioned the two suspects as Patrick Tarimo (32), a resident of Mwenge, who posed as a national security officer, and Castory Wambura (57), a resident of Kibamba, who posed as a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Both suspects have been defrauding civilians by posing as employees of Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service (TISS) and the Police Force, elaborated the statement.<\/p>\n<p>On August 10, Mr Tarimo obtained 20,000,000\/- from a foreign national, after arresting him posing as an TISS official,revealed the statement.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, on August 21, Wambura, conned Kariakoo traders in the city, by introducing himself as a police and TRA officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the suspects are still being interrogated and when the investigation is completed they will be taken to court to answer the charges facing them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: POLICE in Dar es Salam are holding nine people in connection with involvement in offences related to computer systems and Information Communication Technology (ICT) and impersonation. According to a statement issued by Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander (SACP) Lazaro Mambosasa yesterday, seven are foreigners while two are Tanzanians. 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