ISLAMABAD: Criminals either looted or stole 154 vehicles, 911 motorcycles and 1,068 mobile phones in the capital in the first quarter of the current year.

According to details collected from the police, 154 vehicles were either snatched or stolen by armed men and auto thieves. The vehicles included one Mercedes, 31 Toyota Corolla, two each Altis and Aqua, one each Toyota Prius, Surf, Premio, Fielder, Vitz, Rocco, eight Honda City, two Honda Civic, a Honda Fit, 47 Mehran, six Alto, five Fx, three Cultus and three Khyber, one each Swift, Margalla WagonR, Suzuki Every, 10 Carry, four pickups two Kia and a mini Pajero while the make of other vehicles was not known.

Out of the total 154 vehicles, 57 were stolen from City Zone followed by 30 from Saddar, 28 from Industrial Area, 13 from Soan Zone and 10 from Rural Zone. The remaining vehicles were lifted during robberies, burglaries and snatching incidents.

As per the data, 911 motorcycles were also snatched or stolen. These included a Suzuki 250, four Suzuki 150, a Suzuki 110, four Yamaha 125, five Yamaha 70, a Honda 150, 375 Honda 125, three Honda 100, 180 Honda 70, 12 Hero Honda, three United 125, two United 100, 60 United 70, 23 Hi Speed and 49 Union Star. The make of the remaining motorcycles was not known.

Out of the total 911 motorcycles, 240 vehicles were stolen from City Zone, 138 from Saddar, 129 from Industrial Area, 144 from Soan Zone and 103 from Rural Zone. The remaining were either looted or stolen during robberies, burglaries and snatching incidents.

The data showed that 1,068 mobile phones were also snatched or stolen during the period. These included 220 iPhone, 134 Samasung, 142 Infinix, 98 Vivo, 72 Oppo, 68 Tecno, 57 Redmi, 41 Huawei, 24 Nokia, 11 One Plus, nine Realme. The make of the remaining phones was not known.

When contacted, a public relations officer (PRO) for the police told Dawn that the cases were registered over the thefts and police were investigating the cases for recovery of the valuables.

Published in Dawn, April 14th, 2024