KARACHI: The Anti-Vehicles Lifting Cell (AVLC) on Saturday claimed to have arrested an alleged ringleader of a gang involved in snatching SUVs in the metropolis.

AVLC SSP Bashir Ahmed said: “The ringleader of ‘Bhayo group’, Ali Hasan Bhayo, was arrested in a raid in the city. He was involved in snatching of dozens of the [Toyota Hilux] Revo vehicles.”

He said a Revo snatched from district Central, one jammer, one pistol and one hand-grenade was recovered from the custody of the held suspect.

“He has made several disclosures and we are working on the leads,” the SSP said, adding that the gang of carjackers used to come to the city and roamed in cars to find out an opportunity to snatch the vehicle of their choice. They also used jamming devices to block the signals of car trackers.

The SSP said that raids were being conducted for arrest of his accomplices and recovery of more vehicles.

Published in Dawn, October 10th, 2021