A man was arrested on Thursday evening at Equity Bank Oginga Odinga Street for impersonating the police.

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The suspect, Collins Otieno Wasaba, was arrested by Administrative Police officer in possession of police handcuffs while claiming to be a police officer.

The suspect alleged that he is a bodyguard to a prominent engineer in Kisumu County.

Kisumu County Commandant Nelson Njiiri said that the suspect aroused suspicion in the Administrative Police officers and was then interrogated to identify himself.

 "The suspect told the AP officers he is a police officer. The officers wanted to find out which police station he was working for," said Njiiri.

He added, “He could not prove and therefore he was arrested for being in possession of government handcuffs and telling the officers he is an officer, which is impersonating to avoid an arrest."

Njiiri urged Kisumu resident to be cautious of police imposters and they should ask for identification cards should they be approached by any officer.

"One of this fine days we should show the members how a police card looks like if there is persistence in such nature of crimes," said Njiiri.