Kasargod, July 15, 2014: Kasargod police have arrested five persons on the charges of cheating vehicle drivers after hiring their vehicles and then pledging them for loans.
Those arrested are Riyaz (34) of Neeleshwara in Kasargod, Naushad (34) of Uduma, Abdul Gafur (30) of Kannur, Zakir (36) of Pattambi and Justin (24) of Malappuram.
Interrogations of the five revealed that they had resorted to cheating in Kasargod, Kannur, Malappuram, Palakkad and other places. Meanwhile police are on the lookout for a Tamil Nadu resident who was acting as a broker.