Cameroon - Yaoundé: Fake presidential security agent arrested with an arsenal
Author: Onana NestorPublished on: November 5, 2026Country: Cameroon
Crime & LawSociety & Lifestyle

Two separate gendarmerie operations in Yaoundé led to arrests in different neighborhoods, according to Colonel Désiré Joseph Nguele, commander of the Centre Gendarmerie Legion. In Ebom, in the Yaoundé 2 district, a 39-year-old man is accused of posing as an agent of the Presidential Security Directorate and promising recruitment in exchange for substantial sums of money. A search of his home uncovered an automatic pistol, military uniforms and fake badges. The supplied excerpt does not give details of the second operation.
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