Masters of Fake Alert to POS Operators End In Police Custody

Police Arrest Suspects Who Specialise In Sending Fake Alerts to Defraud POS Operators

The Delta State Police Command have arrested two suspects for defrauding POS operators by generating fake alerts and collecting cash from the victims, the two perpetrators, namely, Ofemu Obus ‘m’ age 23 years and Henry Ekpu ‘m’ age 28 years, revealed the spokesman for the command, DSP Bright Edafe in a press statement to ngrdesk news.

“The two suspects were arrested by operatives attached to the Command’s Raiders squad on Thursday, October 27, 2022, the suspects are alleged to specialize in defrauding unsuspecting POS operators by generating fake alerts which they use to deceive their victims and defraud them of their money. Suspects are in custody and investigation is ongoing.

Armed Robbery Suspects in Police Net

Similarly, operatives of Dragon Patrol teams 29 and 26 led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, while on stop and search duty along Warri-Sapele road by Okwuvo Okpe LGA, on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at about 1700hrs, intercepted a Daylong motorcycle with registration number: Delta UGH 353 VQ carrying two male occupants, the Policemen conducted a search on them during which, one (1) iPhone, one (1) Infinix mobile phone, one (1) Nokia torch phone.

While the search was being conducted, the owners of the Phones started calling, and they alleged that they were at Sapele and Oghara respectively. The two suspects were later identified as John Francis ‘m, age 26 years of Uru-Ughelli Street Agbarho and Godsent Orogun ‘m’, age 25 years of No. 18 Ovwiagba.

Suspects are in custody while Investigation is ongoing.

Police Nabbed Gang of Robbers Who Use Tricycle To Dispossess Innocent Passengers of Their Phones

One pistol and a suspected stolen vehicle recovered in the operation.

Acting on intelligence report about an armed robbery syndicate who operates around Awka-Enugu highway axis but hibernates in Asaba, at about 1145hrs of date operatives of CP.-Decoy squad acting on a tip off, mobilized to Oduke-Okwe axis of Asaba where the suspects who were driving a Toyota Sienna SUV with registration number: ASB 781 YF, upon sighting the police, the criminals abandoned the said vehicle and took their heels, to hide in the crowd at the market. Upon search of the vehicle, one locally made Beretta pistol, and a Samsung phone was recovered beneath the driver’s seat. Investigation is ongoing.