{"id":919822,"date":"2022-01-26T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/26\/elite-police-unit-patrols-luthuli-avenue-after-increase-in-number-of-people-conned-by-tv-sellers\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:27:12","slug":"elite-police-unit-patrols-luthuli-avenue-after-increase-in-number-of-people-conned-by-tv-sellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/26\/elite-police-unit-patrols-luthuli-avenue-after-increase-in-number-of-people-conned-by-tv-sellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite Police Unit Patrols Luthuli Avenue After Increase in Number of People Conned by TV Sellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Luthuli Avenue in Nairobi Central Business District has over the past few months been a haven for cons who operate fraudulent businesses in the name of selling cheap Television Sets.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/920233a027654ec896a44272809ab46a\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Picture courtesy. The police unit.<\/p>\n<p>The cons, who sell the televisions at very cheap prices but later on inflate the prices as the buyer is ready to have the item to take to his or her home.<\/p>\n<p>A Kamukunji Police Station unit of police officers who have been patrolling this street have been commended for a job well done.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPSOfficial_KE\/status\/1486327589086056455?t=UOsBtwm5BKGfOVXkEWq8Ew&amp;s=19\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">National Police Service Main Twitter Handle<\/a>, the officers have saved a lot of customers from fraudulent businessmen and women who are out to rip them off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mid-day yesterday, the Kamkunji-15, a team of police officers drawn from Kamukunji Police Station, while on routine patrols at the CBD, responded timely and saved a victim from a fraud scheme by rogue electronic vendors. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/d27ab5249565417c8116ae47b9b0876d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Picture courtesy. The police unit.<\/p>\n<p>The victim had paid for his new TV set but opted out of the transaction when the fraudster doubled the price immediately payment for the item was made.<\/p>\n<p>He had given up on receiving his money back until the arrival of PC Peter Musembi and his Kamukunji-15 patrol team who took appropriate action and ensured the victim was fully compensated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been to this street? Let us know your experience in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cb83693937c044f3908301b00dd3354a\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Picture courtesy. The police unit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/92324988b0674f28af751ba36675848e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Sonofbatman (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nCBD<br \/>\nLuthuli<br \/>\nLuthuli Avenue<br \/>\nNairobi Central Business District<br \/>\nNational Police Service<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luthuli Avenue in Nairobi Central Business District has over the past few months been a haven for cons who operate fraudulent businesses in the name of selling cheap Television Sets. Picture courtesy. The police unit. The cons, who sell the televisions at very cheap prices but later on inflate the prices as the buyer is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}