Africa-Press – Mozambique. The attempted snatching of a credit card at an ATM in the city of Quelimane led to the arrest of an individual found to be in possession of 19 ATM cards.
The young man was arrested while trying to swindle a lady who had asked him for help at an ATM. The lady became suspicious, while police in the vicinity at the same time decided to intervene.
The detainee’s accomplices were waiting in a car and immediately fled the scene, the police say.
Police say the citizen is a member of a gang operating in the centre of the country. “They act mostly in Mocuba and Alto Molocue districts, but they also operate partially in Nampula province, Manica province and Beira city,” a police spokesman told TVM.
“This is an extremely cunning group and the 19 cards that were found in this individual’s possession could be a small number, taking into account the other cards probably in the vehicle (that escaped).”
In the last two years, three groups of criminals involved in fraud at ATMs in Zambezia have been neutralised.
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