ISLAMABAD: Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) of Islamabad Police today (Friday) busted a gang of car lifters comprising five members and recovered fake invoices and ten vehicles from them worth Rs. 30 million.
According to details, a special team headed by In-Charge ACLC Fiaz Ahmed Ranjha arrested five car thieves identified as Farhad, Ali, Waseem, Shehbaz and Iqbal.
A police spokesperson informed that the raid team also recovered ten vehicles worth Rs. 30 million, devices used in tempering vehicles, fake stamps of various showrooms and invoices from them.
During the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that they used to temper the chassis and engine numbers of new vehicles through devices and later sell them at the market through preparing fake invoices.
The spokesman also informed that the police team is making effort to recover the fake registered vehicles. The vehicles recovered from these gangsters have been found stolen from various areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
DIG (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed has appreciated this overall performance and announced cash prizes and commendation certificates for team members.