Ten persons have been arrested for allegedly collecting huge sums of money from unsuspecting young Ghanaians under the pretext of assisting them to enlist into the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).
The Head of Public Relations of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO) I Timothy Osafo Affum disclosing this to the Republic Press in a telephone interview over the weekend said ,
“The suspects were arrested in a special operation by the Intelligence Unit of the Ghana National Fire Service supported by Armed Police Officers at Day ans Night hotel at Hong Kong near Lapaz in Accra last Friday”.
He added that, the suspects all males (names withheld) and believed to be operating in a gang, had been placed in police custody assisting in investigations.
They were reported to have collected moneys ranging from GH¢10,000 and GH¢15,000 respectively.
Documents including letter heads of security agencies have since been retrieved by the arresting team.
ACFO I Osafo Affum advised the personnel especially applicants to be wary of such scam and investigations into the case were ongoing.