Three Turkish men in credit card scam arrested

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Three Turkish men were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) last night on charges of fraudulently withdrawing money by using fake credit cards.

Two suspects, Burk Rakkhan and Yollu Yigarr were arrested last night at Pamankada while the other suspect Subar Khan Hakan was arrested this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport.

Four fake credit cards and Rs. 350, 000 had also been taken into the custody from their possession by the CID.

Police said this was another incident of a racket of defrauding money from teller machines using fake credit cards numbers belonged to foreign nationals.

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ashley Saturday, 08 November 2014 01:31 AM

Please have our medical students practice by amputating one of there hand before deporting em to Turkey,like they do to sri lankens.

Phantom Saturday, 08 November 2014 06:53 AM

Sri Lanka, the new hub for all criminal activities!!!

Acid Saturday, 08 November 2014 02:56 PM

Turkey does not amputate, and has not amputated any Sri Lankans. Ashley seems to be a real drama queen here.

Cuppelizuppe Saturday, 08 November 2014 03:50 PM

Two of them are our friends, and Yollu Yigaar is totally innocent turist, watch your word ashley!

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