By Femi Alabi
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in their hideout in Nasarawa.
Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Command, DSP Ramhan Nansel in a statement on Thursday, said the criminals were sniffed out when Police operatives attached to Angwan Lambu Division raided the hideout of the cybercriminals located in Government Reserved Area, Keffi.
During the operation, while 10 suspects were arrested; two laptops, 10 sophisticated mobile phones of different brands, three WIFI routers, charms, black soap, hard drugs (Loud weed and dried leaves suspected to be marijuana), and other items were recovered at the suspected crime spot.
The suspects, according to the statement have confessed to being into internet fraud popularly known as Yahoo Plus, and “will be charged to court for prosecution once the investigation is concluded”.
The commissioner of police, Umar Shehu Nadada, commended the officers for a job well done and urged them to sustain raids on all criminal hideouts.