The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old Cameroonian for alleged internet fraud and human trafficking.
Bella Merie was arrested along with 43 other Cameroonians, at his residence at Kenyasi Abrem in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region.
Preliminary investigations conducted by the police indicated that the suspect fraudulently obtained a total of 4.5 million CFA Francs from the victims, made up of 32 males and 11 females, under the pretense of securing them employment in Ghana.
A statement signed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Godwin Ahianyo, the Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, and issued in Kumasi, confirmed the arrest.
