The Ogun State Police Command has raided a fraudsters’ base at Pokuku Village in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state.

According to the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ilyasu, the police got an intelligence report on activities there before raiding the base.

He said the shrine was raided by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

He also confirmed the arrest of one of the suspected fraudsters, Haruna Moshood who was said to be the ring leader while three other accomplices escaped.

He said, “This is a house of horror where different kinds of criminal activities had taken place.

“Following diligent and intelligent information of our special operatives, FSARS stormed this horror house and we discovered that it is a receiving end of kidnapped victims.

“It is also a place where suspected kidnappers dispose property of their victims. We have been able to recover different denominations of fake dollars and nairas.

“By the time we arrived here, we did not see any victim, and some of the suspected kidnappers escaped. However, we were able to arrest one of the leaders, identified as Haruna Moshood.

“I appeal to the state residents to be cautious so that they will not become preys in the hands of criminally-minded people.”

The arrested suspect narrated how they defraud their victims.

“We always play on the greed of the victims because they were looking for quick money.

“Again, we also study how wealthy they were by telling them to bring a certain amount of money. For instance, if we ask a victim to bring N100,000 and he brought it, that shows he or she could bring a higher amount,” he said.