5 bogus cops arrested after house robbery

[schumi]

Johannesburg - Five bogus officers, dressed in police uniform and bulletproof vests, were arrested after they entered a house in Melville road, Hyde Park on Saturday, police said.

Captain Kay Makhubela said the gang entered the house claiming that they were there to take fingerprints.

"They then robbed the owners of electrical appliances and an undisclosed amount of cash."

Two unlicensed firearms were recovered.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/5-bogus-cops-arrested-after-house-robbery-20161224

 

[Captain Slog]

Who can we trust?

 

[ForceFate]

Johannesburg - Five bogus officers, dressed in police uniform and bulletproof vests, were arrested after they entered a house in Melville road, Hyde Park on Saturday, police said.

Captain Kay Makhubela said the gang entered the house claiming that they were there to take fingerprints.

"They then robbed the owners of electrical appliances and an undisclosed amount of cash."

Two unlicensed firearms were recovered.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/5-bogus-cops-arrested-after-house-robbery-20161224

Fingerprints for what?

 

[Hemi300c]

Hope they suffer a double sentence.

 

[supersunbird]

Fingerprints for what?

That's what I found curious too.

 

[Impulse_One]

That's what I found curious too.

Probably there was attempted robbery at the house (too common to be declared in news or so), and owners were expecting police to take fingerprints.

Likely, previous robbers gave a tip-off to their "colleagues".

 

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

Who arrested who? What a f...up. Next time you open the door to a cop pray he is one. Don't judge a book by its covers (or something like that)

 

[AirWolf]

Try and question the real cops about their credentials, and you're likely to get stick.

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

They probably got enrolled as real police officers after this event to go around taking finger prints

 

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dressed in police uniform and bulletproof vests

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