NDC MP arrested for alleged fake gold deal

The Greater Accra Regional Police have arrested the National Democratic Congress MP for Sene in the Brong Ahafo Region, Twumasi Appiah, for his alleged involvement in a fake gold deal.Assistant Commissioner of Police, Akrofi Asiedu who confirmed the arrest to Joy News said the MP was picked up with others in the process of selling the fake gold to a businessman.Akrofi Asiedu, who is the Regional Police Commander, said the complainant, a Ghanaian businessman based in Amsterdam, alerted the police about his suspicion of the authenticity of 50 kilogrammes of gold the MP and his alleged accomplices were attempting to sell to him.The businessman is alleged to have told the police that he received a call from the MP from Amsterdam inviting him to come over to purchase the gold.He also told the police he had earlier been duped by the same group, alleged to include the MP.On the first occasion when he was sold the fake precious metals, he only realised he had been duped after he attempted to resell the commodity.He then called the police to lodge a complaint.According to ACP Akrofi Asiedu, the businessman said after that ill-fated deal, he said he received a recent call from the MP inviting him over for another transaction so he decided to follow up.He told the police that upon meeting the MP with his accomplices, they allegedly told him they had 50 kilogrammes of gold for sale and showed him only a kilo.He showed interest in the commodity and asked the group to produce the whole lot, which they did but when he insisted they should open them up from some boxes they were contained to be tested at the Survey Department in Accra, they were reluctant to do so, raising his suspicion.He then called the police who managed to arrest the MP and a few of his alleged accomplices. The police say they are investigating the alleged scam.
Joy news