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Fake cop robs woman in TA, caught same day

Tel Aviv resident posed as police officer, entered foreign woman's apartment in city center, robbed her at stun-gun point and fled • Lev Tel Aviv station officers tracked him down and arrested him 

Cash seized from the suspect

A 26-year-old Tel Aviv resident was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a police officer, entering a foreign woman’s apartment in central Tel Aviv and robbing her at stun-gun point, police said.

According to the suspicion, the man posed as a police officer to gain entry to the apartment, then threatened the woman with a stun gun and took cash before fleeing.

After receiving the robbery report, officers from the Lev Tel Aviv station in the Yarkon District opened an immediate investigation. Within hours, they identified the suspect, located his address and arrested him.

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