Alleged credit card thief arrested

Alleged credit card thief arrested

DENPASAR, Bali: Police arrested a man on Thursday for
attempting to use a stolen credit card.

Siafiq Idris, 28, was arrested after attempting to use a
stolen American Express card to purchase a VCD player at Alfa,
one of Denpasar's largest supermarkets.

"The supermarket cashier became suspicious about the credit
card and decided to delay the transaction. The cashier then
contacted the police, who came minutes after the report. The man
was arrested without incident," Badung Police chief of detectives
Sr. Insp. Hussein Abubakar said on Friday.

The credit card belongs to Andrea C. Williams, he said, adding
that two other credit cards were found in the possession of
Idris.

The suspect denied the other two cards were stolen, saying
they belonged to a friend of his, Hussein said.

The officer also said Idris told the police he had used the
stolen card to purchase a Rp 143,000 Arrow shirt at another store
before he was arrested on Thursday.
(zen/sur)