NGWERERE Police Station has arrested a football coach accused of swindling multiple teenage boys by falsely claiming to be recruiting players for the Zambia Under-17 National Football Team. According to a press statement released by Zambia Police Public Relations Officer Rae Hamoonga, the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Gift Mumba of Zani Muone East, posed as a national team coach and collected large sums of money from at least eight victims. “The case of Obtaining Money by False Pretences was recorded through Muwanjuni Police Post. It involved multiple victims who were swindled on the pretext of being enrolled into the Under-17 National Football Team,” Hamoonga stated. The scheme came to light on August 21, 2025, when a male juvenile from Mungule...