The police have arrested a 40-year-old driver, Samuel Arthur for posing as a military officer to rob members of the public of their valuables.

He was arrested at Ofankor on Tuesday, fully dressed in military uniform while driving a KIA Soranto Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration number AW 9434-14, which the police said is a stolen vehicle.

Arthur is on police wanted list for allegedly orchestrating car snatching and robbery operations in Accra and Kumasi.

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Explanation

"We embarked on an operation on Monday night, which led to the arrest of the suspect around 3 a.m. on Tuesday. We found him wearing a military T-shirt, while a set of military uniform was also found on him," Sup Issifu told Daily Graphic.

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According to the police, the suspect claimed the military uniform he wore belonged to his uncle who was a military officer with the 48 Engineers.

"In his confession, he told the police that he was not a soldier, but that he took the uniform from a 207 vehicle given to him by his uncle, a Staff Sergeant with the 48 Engineers at Teshie," Supt Iddrisu Tanko Issifu said.