The police arrested three men in Meppel last Tuesday for attempted bank help desk fraud.
The potential victim was approached by telephone by a so-called bank employee who indicated that there had been fraud with his payment account. The ‘bank employee’ asked to hand over the debit card to a courier.
De Meppeler did not trust the case and called the police. He took a concealed position and was able to arrest a suspect who came to collect the pass.
Officers found two other men who may have been involved in the incident in a car nearby. They too have been arrested.
The suspects are a 25-year-old man from Diemen, a 27-year-old man from Amsterdam and a 24-year-old man without a fixed place of residence.