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Fake soldier busted
The 34-year-old suspect indicated that he was a soldier with the 6BN in Tamale
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The suspect, Issah Abdul Mubarik was said to have gone to the Tamale District Police on October 16 this year dressed in military uniform, where he handed over a suspect he claimed had stolen his motorbike some months ago.
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The 34-year-old suspect indicated that he was a soldier with the 6BN in Tamale and even wrote same in his complainant statement to the police.
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The investigators who had doubts decided to interrogate him and on Monday, October 23, the suspect admitted that he was not a soldier.
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He further claimed that the military accoutrements he had were for his late grandfather.
A search was subsequently conducted in his room at Dungu in the Northern Region where items including the following were found: two sets of uniforms bearing his name A. Mubarak, one pair of military trousers, one military combat boot, 2 pieces of 9mm ammunitions and a rubber stamp bearing the name of Forces Pay Regiment, Burma Camp, Accra.
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