ACLC catches gang of car, bike lifters

– Recovers five cars, bikes

By U.Zee

ISLAMABAD: Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) of Capital Cops, while operating against anti-social elements, has busted a gang of car and bikes lifters and recovered five cars and five motorcycles from three gangsters worth hundreds of thousands of rupees.
According to details, following the directives of IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan, DIG Operations Waqar-ud-Din Syed assigned task to SP (Investigation) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer to accelerate efforts against auto-thieves and car lifters. Special teams were constituted under supervision of In-charge ACLC Sub- Inspector Liaqat Ali, Sub-Inspector Tariq, ASIs Gulzar Ahmed, Whaeed along with other officials. The teams achieved a success and apprehended three members of a car and bike lifters gang. The gangsters have been identified as
Baber Usmani, resident of Mulaha Usmani Tarnol, Abdul Basit s/o Ejaz Khan resident of District Charsada and Muhammad Nazeer s/o Noor Muhammad resident of District Uperdeer,while police recovered five stolen cars and five stolen motorbikes from their possession. The registration number of recovered vehicles is as follows: Corolla Car registration AKA-461, Corolla Car registration LOZ-4135, Corolla Car registration MH-559, Honda Car registration JU-476, Corolla Car registration JA-587, and five stolen motorbike from their possession. During the preliminary investigation, they confessed to lift these vehicles and motorcycles from various areas of twin cities and sold them in KPK.
Separate cases have been registered against the nabbed persons in various police stations of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and further investigation is underway from them. IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan and DIG Operations Waqar Uddin Syed have appreciated the performance of ACLC police team and directed the officials to intensify efforts to curb car and motorbike lifting incidents.