The Nigerian police force has advised members of the public, to watch out and be security conscious as criminals has deduced a new way of stealing from the customers,the force said,criminals, now que in various ATM terminals in the country,acting as customers .
This is contained in a statement on the Nigeria
Police Force website exposing the antics of
criminals.
The statement noted that on July 30, at about
12.10 a.m., a male bank customer went to
withdraw money from one of the ATMs at the
Central Business District (CBD), Abuja.
It stated that three young men who pretended to
have come to withdraw money also were on queue
with the plan to attack the man.
“The victim raised an alarm which attracted nearby
Police Patrol team to the scene. The hoodlums
took to their heels upon sighting the advancing
policemen.
“One automatic pistol fell from one of the suspects
and was recovered by the police and the victim
was safely rescued.
“However, another male victim was unlucky as
hoodlums attacked him and snatched the
N500,000 cash he withdrew from ATMs on July
28.
“Police responded to his distress call and one of
the suspects was arrested. Efforts is on to
apprehend other gang members,’’ the statement
said. (NAN)
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