12 Afghan Nationals Fall Victim to a Fake Officer
Tehran's Deputy Chief of Criminal Police announced the arrest of a man who, dressed in a rescue unit uniform and driving an unplated vehicle, deceived 12 Afghan nationals and stole their belongings.
According to ambassador Arjan; Colonel Seyyed Ghasem Mousavifar, the Deputy Director of Special Robbery Combating of Tehran Intelligence Police, explained the details of this case and said: After receiving numerous complaints from Afghan nationals about the activities of a person who introduced himself as a police officer, drove them into a car on the pretexts of not having a passport and illegal residence, and after taking their property, dropped them off near Behesht Zahra Road, the identification and arrest of the suspect was on the agenda of the detectives of the 5th Department of Greater Tehran Intelligence Police.
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. In addition, a close-up picture of his face was drawn with the cooperation of facial imaging experts of the Police Identity Recognition Center and recorded in the file.
Colonel Mousavifer continued: During the inspection of CCTV cameras and the reconstruction of the car's movement path in the places where the robbery took place, it was found that in one of the cases, before entering the area of the robbery, 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 examining the cameras located on the road and carrying out expert measures.
The Deputy of Special Theft Combat of Tehran Intelligence Police said: Additional investigations showed that the car is in the possession of a person who bought it in installments. With the identification of the accused and judicial coordination, the officers went to his place of residence to arrest him, but it was found that he had moved from that place and was hiding.
He added: By activating information sources and carrying out technical measures, it was found that the accused was traveling irregularly to the single house of one of his friends in the area of Saleh Abad and Behesht Zahra Road. Finally, detectives controlled the place and managed to arrest the accused in one of his visits.
Referring to the defendant's confession, Mousavifar said: "During the police interrogation, he initially denied committing the crime, 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 the accused.
In the end, he pointed out that the accused was sent to prison with the issuance of a judicial order by the third investigation branch of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Tehran District 34, and the case has been handed over to the judicial authority for further investigation.