The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in the state.
This was contained in a statement by its spokesman, Ramhan Nansel, on Thursday in Lafia, the state capital.
Nansel, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said operatives acted after the command got intelligence about the influx of internet fraudsters into Keffi Local Government Area of the state.
He said: “Acting on the credible information, our men attached to Angwan Lambu Division of Keffi raided the hideout of the cyber criminals at GRA Keffi.
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“During the operation on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at about 9pm, 10 suspects were arrested.”
The Police Public Relations Officer further said that two laptops, 10 mobile phones of different brands and three Wifi routers were recovered from the suspects.
He listed the other recovered items as charms, black soap, hard drugs (loud weed and dried leaves suspected to be marijuana).
The PPRO said that the suspects had confessed to being into internet fraud, popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo.
He further said that the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigation.