Mumbai Crime Branch’s Property Cell has arrested the kingpin of a large network of fraudsters, who had been robbing foreigners and NRIs by cloning their debit/credit cards since 2013.

The arrested accused has been identified as R Manoj Kumar, who was staying in Malaysia. After the racket was busted last month, investigators had zeroed in on his name and issued a lookout notice at domestic and international airports. After Kumar landed at Chennai airport on Monday, airport authorities informed the crime branch, which then sent a team to Chennai to take him in custody.