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| Suspect Salifu Abdul-Rahim (Zoom Police) |
The suspect
apprehended Mr. Duarte for violating traffic regulations, and demanded three
hundred Ghana cedis from him. When Mr. Duarte told Salifu that he had no money on
him, the suspect insisted and followed him to his hotel for the money.
After giving
the money to the suspect, Mr. Duarte who is an employee of GRIDCo proceeded to
report the case at the police station.
The issue of
extorting money from motorists in Tamale by the Community Protection Police Assistants
has become a worry to a lot of residents.
As part of
measures to restore the integrity of the Unit, the Northern Regional Commander
of the Police MTTU Superintendent Cashman Blewushie has indefinitely suspended all
Community Protection Police Assistants from operations in the Tamale Metropolis.
He decried the
disgraced the Community Protection Police Assistant popularly known as “Zoom
Police” has caused him and his Unit in the Northern Region since its creation
by the then National Youth Employment Programme.
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