Cardskimming arrests

Auckland: Three men aged 50, 33 and 26 have been charged in relation to reported card skimming devices used at two separate hospitals.

The charges follow a Waitemata Police investigation and searches at two Ranui properties for the devices, designed to help people obtain others' credit card details.

Waitemata west area investigations manager Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Williams said the men had been linked to alleged skimming devices used at parking machines at Auckland and Waikato hospitals earlier this year.

The first of the trio was arrested last Thursday after officers found him using a skimmed bank card at a Glen Eden ATM machine. — The New Zealand Herald