Inter-provincial gang of car lifters busted; five cars recovered

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ISLAMABAD
Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) of Islamabad Police has busted an inter-provincial gang of car lifters and recovered five cars from them stolen from various areas of Islamabad and Lahore.
Following the directions of Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed, ACLC accelerated efforts to ensure arrest of those involved in car lifting incidents. SP (Investigation) Gulfam Nasir Warraich constituted special team under supervision of In-Charge ACLC Inspector Fiaz Ahmed Ranjha which included Assistant Sub-Inspectors Habib Ullah, Noor Ullah and others.
This team worked hard and succeeded to bust a gang of car lifters and arrested four gangsters and a car receiver Qari Majeed s/o Fazal Ghafoor resident of Lower Dir. The other car lifters have been identified as Aamir Shehzad s/o Ghulam Kibria resident of Dhok Banaras Rawalpindi, Imran Khan s/o Nizam Uddin resident of Shaheen Abad, Jhugi Syedan Islamabad, Waseem s/o Muhammad Ishaq resident of Tench Bata Rawalpindi and Imran s/o Muhammad resident of Lower Dir.
Police recovered three vehicles bearing registration numbers of Islamabad (BC-7420, EA-882, LE-1554), one Lahore-registered vehicle (LEB-7421) and a white colored Toyota Corolla car from them. These cars were stolen from them from the areas of Shamas Colony, Loi Bher and Karachi Company police stations.
During the preliminary investigation, they confessed to sell the stolen vehicles in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while ACLC police is also hopeful for more recovery from them. Further investigation is underway from them.
SSP Islamabad Waqar Uddin Syed has appreciated the performance of ACLC team and announced cash prizes and commendation certificates for team members. He said that hard work of ACLC is bringing success in curbing car lifting crime and hoped for more efforts by all policemen to ensure protection to life as well as property of the citizens.