Police arrest ATM fraudster in Anambra (Punch)

The Police Command in Anambra on Thursday said a suspect, Obinna Okafor, 30, was arrested over alleged Automated Teller Machine fraud.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Haruna, who confirmed the arrest in Awka, said that the suspect was arrested in Nnewi on Tuesday.

Haruna said the suspect, who hailed from Enugu-Ezike in Enugu state, was arrested by operatives attached to Nnewi Area Command while on surveillance patrol.

He said that the suspect specialized in duping unsuspecting victims around ATM centers by swapping their ATM cards with stolen ones in his possession.

He said that items recovered from the suspect when he was arrested included eight different ATM cards, N120, 000 withdrawn from his victim’s account.

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