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Fake cops con duo of jewellery

CHENNAI: Two conmen posed as police personnel and escaped with 12.5 sovereigns at Koyambedu and Mamallapuram in two separate incidents, on Monday.


A man, posing as a policeman, accosted Raman, 65, a resident of Velachery , in Koyambedu. On the pretext of inquiring about a drug peddler, he told the elderly man not to wear jewellery and helped the victim to put his 1.5 sovereign gold chain in a packet.

Raman subsequently realised that he has been conned of his jewellery.

In another incident, a man posed as a policeman and diverted the attention of Mohana, 55, and escaped with her 11 sovereign jewellery at Mamallapuram.

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