Card cloning devices have been found on ATMs in Gloucestershire
Police discovered them in Brockworth and Cheltenham
Police are warning members of the public to be careful when using ATMs after card cloning devices were found in Brockworth and Cheltenham yesterday (Wednesday 13 November).
Card skimming is when devices are installed at cashpoints which fraudsters use to steal bank card details and PIN numbers, putting users at risk of fraud and financial theft.
A member of the public reported seeing a group of men in a car acting suspiciously around an ATM on Court Road in Brockworth last night.
The group were seen to be loitering around and returned immediately to it after people had used it.
Officers found cloning devices fitted to the cashpoint.
Police then stopped a car and the vehicle was searched and officers found cash, a cloning device and blank bank cards. Two men, aged 29 and 36, were subsequently arrested on suspicion of possessing an article for use in fraud.
They remain in police custody at this time pending further enquiries.
Cloning devices were also found at an ATM on London Road in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham and it is believed that the men may have been travelling around Gloucestershire.