AVLU busts 9-member car-lifting gang.

ISLAMABAD -- The Anti Vehicle Lifting Unit (AVLU) of Islamabad Capital Police arrested nine members of inter provincial car-lifter gang and recovered nine vehicles worth Rs 22 million from their possession, a Police Public Relation Officer said on Saturday.

He said that, following the directions of the Inspector General of police (iGP) islamabad Dr. Akbar nasir Khan, the islamabad capital police have intensified crackdown against the criminal elements involved in bike and car lifting incidents in order to eliminate the crime from the city. Following these directions, special tasks were assigned to SSP Investigation and teams were constituted under the supervision of DSP (RDU) to ensure effective action against those involved in car theft activities.

The police teams used technical and human resources and succeeded in apprehending 9 members of inter-provincial car lifting gang and recovered nine vehicles worth Rs 22 million from their possession. The car lifters were identified as Adil Shoukat, Mehtab, Adnan, Muhammad Arshad, Imran Mushtaq, Sameer Nazeer, Asad Ali...