Additional arrests made as investigations continue into phone scam

Police can confirm that the 24-year-old man wanted in connection to Operation Deadwood, the ongoing investigation into a sophisticated phone scam, handed himself into Police in Hamilton yesterday evening.

He has been charged with money laundering and is due to appear in the Hamilton District Court today.

Police can also confirm that five people have now been arrested this week as part of our ongoing enquiries and are all due to appear before the courts on money laundering charges.

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