Police have detained a man in his thirties accused of impersonating an official from the Mayor's Office in order to steal telephone SIM cards from shops. The man reportedly entered a shop in Hail in the south of Al-Qunfudha waving official identification and a communications handset and told the shop assistant that he had orders from the mayoralty to confiscate materials. The owner of the shop, however, saw the individual and recalled that he was responsible for stealing a mobile telephone from the same store three years ago and informed the police. Police said that the arrested man was wanted by a number of regional forces in connection with various charges, including drugs offenses.
