À travers une publication en date du 15 novembre, la direction générale de la police républicaine informs that le commissariat du 8ᵉ arrondissement de Cotonou has put in charge three suspected cybercriminels and an alleged portable telephone thief. Dans le cadre de la lutte contre les activités de cybercriminalité, le commissariat du 8ᵉ arrondissement de Cotonou carried out a successful opération couronnée in la soirée du mercredi 13 November 2024.

Indeed, on the basis of reliable information, making the state of presence of a group of alleged cybercriminals operating within the jurisdiction of the territorial commissariat immediately after the launch of an investigation.

Thanks to a small detail, the suspects were located in a bar in the surroundings of the etoile rouge. Une équipe des forces de l’ordre effecte a une descente surprise le lieux, soldée par l’interpellation de three supposed cybercriminels. Leur fouille à corps allowed seisir seven téléphones portables of different marques containing compromising informations, a Smart watch and a Mercedes marque car.

In the falsity of these interpellations, a curieux pris in flagrante delit de soustraction frauduleuse of an android portable phone was also understood. The alleged cybercriminels ainsi que les objets seisis sont mis à la disposition de la structure compétente pour la pour chaseu des investigations. Quant au phone thief, he was placed in garde à vue for further proceedings. (I join the family of subscribers from the WhatsApp chain of La Nouvelle Tribune by clicking on the link https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCgIOFL2ATyQ6GSS91x)