Police arrest 4 for posing as officers, robbing foreign workers

AMMAN — Police on Sunday announced the arrest of several suspects who allegedly posed as law-enforcement officers and robbed foreign workers of JD4,000 in Amman.

The suspects allegedly entered the house of some foreign labourers and claimed to be law-enforcement officers, Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi said.

“The five suspects threatened the foreign labourers and took JD4,000 and left their house,” Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

The police official said a special police task force was immediately formed to follow up on the complaint by the foreign labourers.

“The task force was able to identify one of the cars that the suspects used and issued an all-points bulletin with the vehicle’s description,” the police official said.

One of the patrol units in Irbid identified the vehicle and pulled it over, he added.

“Patrol officers arrested four men and are looking for the fifth suspect who remains at large,” according to Sartawi.

He added that arresting officers managed to retrieve part of the stolen money but did not specify an amount.

In a statement that was issued on Sunday, the Public Security Directorate (PSD) warned foreign nationals residing in the Kingdom to exert utmost caution when dealing with any individual who claims to be working for an official entity.

“Foreigners residing in the Kingdom have the right to ask any person claiming to be from an official entity to see some form of identification or can call 911 to report any suspicious activities,” the PSD statement said.