Drunk Man Arrested After Viral Video of Him In Police Uniform Begging

• The police have arrested a man at Antoakrom for wearing a police uniform without authorisation
• The suspect, one Osei Kwame, had gone viral after he was seen in a video with some other men, intoxicated
• Police released a statement on the arrest and said the suspect was cooperating with investigations

The police have arrested a man at Antoakrom in the Manso Nkwanta District of the Ashanti Region for wearing a police uniform without authorisation.

The suspect, identified as Osei Kwame, was captured in a video drunk and wearing the uniform.

In the video, the men accused him of scheming to have them arrested.

Kwame retorted that he was not there to arrest anyone and only wanted something to smoke.

Police in a statement said the suspect was cooperating with investigations.

Fake policeman arrested at Nima police station

A man has been arrested in Accra for posing as a police officer.

The suspect, Hassan Avorgah, was detained at the Nima District Police Command on March 17, 2024.

Avorgah faced charges of deceiving a public officer, impersonation, and possession of police accoutrements without lawful authority.

He was picked up after he had sent someone arrested to the Holy Garden Police Station.

Avorgah was unable to verify his purported police identity, also leading to his arrest.

He was dressed in police camouflage and had handcuffs and a taser in his possession.

Police accompanied him to his home at Berlin Bridge in Nima, where they found security belts, a pair of black police uniforms, a black round hat, a blue-black cardigan and a picture frame belonging to him.

Other arrests for using security uniforms

Civilians have gotten into trouble in the past wearing outfits resembling security apparel.

It is illegal for civilians to wear security service uniforms, and many have been apprehended for this violation.

In September 2024, a prisoner recounted how wearing a uniform of a soldier landed him in jail.

Narrating his ordeal to the Crime Check Foundation, he indicated that he went to a funeral and on his way back home, he decided to travel in the outfit resembling an army uniform.

He noted that an uncle cautioned him about the outfit; however, he ignored the caution.

During his journey, he encountered a soldier who questioned why he was wearing the soldier's camo when he was not one.

In November 2024, a Ghana Prisons Service officer arrested a trotro mate for wearing a Prisons Service uniform while working.

In 2020, as part of the measures to enforce the partial lockdown in parts of Accra, Kasoa, and Kumasi, personnel from the Ghana Armed Forces and Police Service patrolled the streets.

However, a fake armed forces personnel was arrested by police for beating and extorting money from people amid the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier police impersonations

YEN.com.gh reported that men pretending to be police officers at Asawase in the Ashanti Region were arrested.

The fake police officers patrolled polling stations during the district assembly and unit committee elections in December 2023.

They were charged with falsely pretending to be public officers and remanded into police custody.

Source: YEN.com.gh