The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday apprehended syndicate of 13 cybercrime suspects in Abuja.
Luck ran out of them when operatives of the Abuja zonal office of the EFCC raided their hideouts and arrested them.
Five of the suspects were picked up at an N8m a year apartment in Gilmore Estate, Jahi, while the other eight were arrested at Katampe Extension, all in Abuja.
“The breakthrough followed actionable intelligence on their alleged criminal enterprise,” the EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren said in a statement.
According to him, incriminating items recovered from the suspects include iPhones, laptops, gaming consoles, 1 Toyota Avalon and a Lexus SUV.
”The suspects have given valuable information and will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded,” Uwujaren said.