Six illegal SIM box operators grabbed A joint squad comprising the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Service and National communication Authority (NCA) Joint Anti-Fraud Taskforce and telecos have arrested six illegal SIM box operators. There were arrested in Asylum down, Abossey Okai and Nima, all located in the Greater Accra Region during an operation to clamp down on illegal SIM box operators on Thursday morning. The squad pounced on them in the act, allegedly manipulating machines to terminate incoming foreign calls. The squad was able to retrieve a SIM box server capable of holding at least two thousand SIM cards belonging to a Nigerian National resident in Ghana, Ogunsanwo Olawale. COP Prosper Agblor, head of CID revealed that the country has lost about forty million cedis during the six month period the suspects have been operating. He said a total of nine SIM box machines the police retrieved from the suspects were loaded with SIM cards belonging to the Glo mobile. “The machines were active and operating when the police arrived,” he noted. Also recovered from the suspects were “three heavy duty UPS, six heavy duty batteries and a number of antennas”.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:16:00 +0000
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