Fake Officer Stopped in Unmarked Car

The deputy for combating special thefts at Tehran's Criminal Investigation Police announced the arrest of a man who, dressed in police uniform and driving an unmarked white Pride, would stop Afghan nationals on the pretext of lacking residency documents, take their belongings, and then drop them off near the Behesht-e Zahra road.

The Deputy of Special Robbery Combating of Tehran Intelligence Police announced the arrest of a man who, wearing the uniform of police officers and using a white Pride vehicle without a license plate, drove Afghan nationals into a car under the pretext of not having residence documents, and after taking their property, left them near Behesht Zahra Road.

Explaining the details of this case, Colonel Seyyed Ghasem Mousavifar said: After receiving numerous complaints from Afghan nationals about the activities of a person who, introducing himself as a police officer, took them into a car under the pretext of not having a passport or illegal residence, and after taking their property, dropped them off near Behesht Zahra Road, the identification and arrest of the accused was on the agenda of the detectives of the 5th Intelligence Department of Greater Tehran.

He added: The detectives extracted the physical characteristics of the accused by gathering the cases, field presence in the places where the robbery took place and examining the statements of the complainants. Also, with the cooperation of facial imaging experts of the Police Identity Recognition Center, a close-up image of the accused's face was prepared and recorded in the file.

The Deputy of Special Theft Combat of Tehran Intelligence Police continued: Field and expert investigations showed that in one of the cases, before entering the area where the theft took place, the accused removed the license plates and drove with a car without a license plate. The detectives managed to identify the original number plate of the car by performing expert measures.

According to this police officer, additional investigations showed that the car is in the possession of a person who bought it in installments. After identifying the suspect and judicial coordination, the officers went to his residence to arrest him, but it was found that he left the place and hid.

Colonel Mousavifar stated: With the continuation of the specialized measures, it was found that the accused was traveling irregularly to the single house of one of his friends in Saleh Abad and Behesht Zahra Road. Finally, the detectives managed to arrest the accused by controlling the place and in one of the references.

Referring to the interrogation process, this police officer said: The accused first denied committing the crimes, but then he confessed to imputed guilt and cited financial problems as his motive. So far, 12 people have been identified and have filed a complaint against him.

In the end, Colonel Mousavifar pointed out that the accused has been sent to prison with the issuance of a judicial order by the third investigation branch of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of the 34th district of Tehran, and the case is at the disposal of the judicial authority for further investigation.