Two police officers of the Republic of Mozambique Police assigned to the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR) in Nampula are being held in SERNIC cells, accused of kidnapping and swindling citizens.

According to Notícias, the crime was consummated in the district of Mogovolas, specifically in the village of Nametil, where the agents, in collusion with three other people now arrested, would have kidnapped two brothers, keeping them in private custody for four days, in a residence somewhere in Namutequeliua neighborhood, in the city of Nampula.

For the release of those citizens, the kidnappers demanded 100,000 meticais from the family. Enina Tinine, SERNIC spokesperson in Nampula, who revealed this information at the usual press briefing, indicated that after many negotiations about the amount, the agents received ten thousand meticais each, via the e-mola platform, until they fell into the hands of the police.

Also in the same usual briefing, the PRM presented an individual indicted of false qualifications. The citizen was posing as a SERNIC agent and was arrested in the area of Petrona, in the city of Nampula, where he seized goods from two citizens, allegedly because they did not carry their invoices.