Three individuals have been arrested in Port Moresby for using fake documents while going through the recent police recruitment process.
The complainant, Assistant Commissioner of Police Human Resources Samson Siguyaru, alleged that the three were part of the other shortlisted candidates who were being screened at the Rita Flynn Courts for the Cadet and Regular Police training.
The joint recruitment team that included the Head Hunters, the PNG Civil & Identify Registry and the Measurement Services Division of the Education Departments, as well as Police, were all on hand to check through and authenticate the required documents.
The suspects were amongst more than 3,900 shortlisted applicants for NCD, Central and Gulf who were asked to provide the required documents at the Rita Flynn Courts Indoor Complex on April 5th .
Four of the applicants allegedly produced fake grade 12 certificates and were detained by the screening team at the screening venue and handed over to detectives from the NCD Criminal Investigation Division who arrested them and took them to the Boroko Police Station for questioning.
Another four were also arrested and taken to the police station for suspected false documentation but one escaped.
Four were eventually cleared at the station whilst the woman and the two men were formally arrested and charged.
According to CID officers, the three were arrested and charged with one count each for Forgery under Section 462 and Uttering under Section 463 of the Criminal Code Act and were detained at the Boroko Police Station cell.
The three suspects, who all hail from the Highlands Region, were later granted bail by the Police.