By Boluwaji Obahopo

LOKOJA—Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command have arrested a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member for breaking into the ATM platform of a second generation bank in Lokoja, the state capital.

It was gathered that the NYSC member was arrested by policemen on patrol at about 2:30a.m., while breaking the ATM along with another suspect.

The State Police Commissioner, Wilson Inalegwu, while addressing newsmen yesterday, said the serving NYSC member and his partner were among 34 suspected criminals arrested in one week in the state.

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Items recovered from the suspects include a digger, axe, one iron pipe and six ATM cards of different banks belonging to different individuals.

Among those arrested was one Yakubu, who attempted to cash N8.4 million cloned cheque in one of the commercial banks in Lokoja.

Police said that the suspect, who hailed from Abocho, Dekina Local Government Area, had approached the bank with the aim of collecting the money from the account of one Mr. Victor Edomwandi, of FAVA Travels, Ikoyi, Lagos.

When contacted, the account owner denied issuing the cheque and the suspect was promptly held by the bank officials and later handed over to the police.

In another development, the police command said it had recovered eight vehicles believed to have been stolen from within and neighbouring states by one Mohammed, now at large.

The vehicles were recovered from their buyers, who live in different parts of the state.

Six persons, believed to be buyers of the stolen vehicles, have also been arrested. The Command said efforts were on to track down Mohammed, the main suspect.