Govt employee, ringleader of carjackers among five held in Karachi.

KARACHI -- The Anti-Vehicles Lifting Cell (AVLC) of the police claimed on Saturday the arrest of five suspects allegedly involved in lifting of cars and motorbikes and seized five cars and a motorcycle from their custody, said AVLC SSP Sarfaraz Nawaz.

One of the held suspects was the ringleader of the carjackers' gang who had also been involved in a kidnapping for ransom case in the Defence Housing Authority last year. Another suspect was stated to be an employee of the Sindh government.

The held suspects were identified as Abdul Rasool, alias Kaleem; Ikram, Gulsher, Mehboob and Abdul Latif.

Suspects sold stolen vehicles in different parts of Sindh and Balochistan

The SSP claimed that Abdul Rasool, a resident of Shikarpur, was a notorious car snatcher and kidnapper.

'He is head of a currently active gang of car snatchers in Karachi,' said the officer.

Two Corolla cars of 2019 model, snatched on Oct 23 in Sir Syed Town and Gulistan-i-Jauhar, were found in his possession.

'He is also wanted in kidnapping of Latif Sorthya, who was kidnapped for ransom in the DHA last year,' said SSP Nawaz.

He not only snatched cars but also purchased snatched and stolen cars and sold them to his customers in other districts of Sindh and Balochistan. He had been arrested earlier also and has a criminal record of almost eight cases.

Another held suspect, Ikram, stole cars and sold them in Rahim Yar Khan to Ismail Bugti. He is a painter and lived near Safoora Goth, originally hailing from Rahim Yar Khan.

A Corolla car, which was stolen on Oct 24 in Mobina Town, and a Suzuki pickup in the Aziz Bhatti police station area, have been seized from him.

A third held suspect, Gulsher, not only stole cars but was also a purchaser/broker of stolen cars.

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