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The Osun police command says a 24-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer to defraud point of sale (PoS) operators in the state.

Yemisi Opalola, police spokesperson in the state, said the woman was arrested on Tuesday after she was rescued from an angry mob.

“On Tuesday, police rescued a 24-year-old woman from a mob preparing to lynch her for alleged stealing,” NAN quoted Opalola as saying.

“She was brought to Ata-Oja police division, Osogbo.

“In the course of interrogation, it was discovered that sometime in April, the suspect went to a PoS stand and presented herself as a police officer serving at the Ata-Oja police division.

“She ‘arrested’ the sales girl and seized her bag containing a PoS machine, N20,000 and one phone valued at N15,000.

“On their way to Ata-Oja police divisional headquarters, the suspect tricked her victim to make a photocopy of a document, but she ran away with her seized bag.”

Opalola said the command discovered that the suspect had already transferred the sum of N100,000 from the PoS machine to a bank account.

The police spokesperson said the suspect would be charged in court after investigations are concluded.