Six arrests in crackdown on fraudsters posing as police officers to con elderly 

There is an ongoing police operation against the scammers, who impersonate police officers to dupe pensioners into handing over money and valuables for supposed safe keeping.

Police in Northern Ireland have foiled two separate attempts by fraudsters to con cash from older people.

Six arrests were made in Belfast on Friday as police intercepted scammers in the south and west of the city after money had been taken.