{"id":32903,"date":"2011-04-29T06:58:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T03:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=32903"},"modified":"2014-01-06T01:23:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T23:23:29","slug":"police-dress-up-as-doctors-to-test-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/04\/29\/police-dress-up-as-doctors-to-test-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Police dress up as doctors to test citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters April 28, 2011, 1:15 am<\/p>\n

\"\"ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police donned white coats and stethoscopes to disguise themselves as doctors, then knocked on people’s doors to see how easily they would fall for a confidence scam.<\/p>\n

The undercover police officers told residents of the southeastern city of Gaziantep they were screening for high blood pressure and handed out pills, according to Turkish media.<\/p>\n

They were alarmed when residents at 86 out of 100 households visited on Tuesday swallowed the pills immediately.<\/p>\n

Police later returned to warn residents to be more cautious.<\/p>\n

The police pills were harmless placebos. But a local gang had been using the same technique to give people heavy sedatives and then burgle them.<\/p>\n

Turkish police in other provinces have also used novel methods to test citizens’ gullibility.<\/p>\n

Officers in Adana in southern Turkey last week called at houses, announcing through the intercom: “I am a burglar, please open the door.”<\/p>\n

Police said they were stunned at the number of people who opened the door, the Radikal daily newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Ece Toksabay; editing by Alexandra Hudson and Andrew Heavens)<\/p>\n

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