Six illegal SIM box operators have been
arrested by a joint squad comprising the
Criminal Investigations Department of the
Police Service in collaboration with the
NCA Joint Anti-Fraud Taskforce and
telecos.
They were arrested in Aslyum down,
Abossey Okai and Nima, all in the Greater
Accra Region during an operation to track
down illegal SIM box operators on
Thursday morning.
They were caught in the act, allegedly
manipulating machines to terminate
incoming foreign calls.
A SIM box server capable of holding at
least two thousand SIM cards belonging
to a Nigerian National resident in Ghana,
Ogunsanwo Olawale was retrieved.
Head of CID, COP Prosper Agblor 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”.
He warned the police would not spare
persons engaged in such unscrupulous
activities that amount to “economic
sabotage” of the state.
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