LAHORE: The police arrested a five-member gang involved in car lifting and recovered 15 cars, five rickshaws and 25 motorcycles from them.

Anti-Car Lifting Squad Superintendent of Police Aftab Phularwan told a press conference vehicles worth Rs23.5 million were recovered from them. The suspects were identified as Ibrar, Ali, Bilal, Lateef and their woman accomplice R.

He said the suspects developed a scrap yard in the city and the woman was involved in motorcycle and car theft with her brother. She was involved in selling the parts of cars and motorcycles at their scrap yard while Ibrar and others were involved in theft cases.

He said the suspects were involved in stealing vehicles from parking stands, streets and shopping plazas.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2022