Barnala, October 8,2020
Barnala police claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of vehicle lifters, who allegedly operated in 10 states. Four gang members have been arrested from Barmer in Rajasthan, who allegedly stole more than 100 vehicles from various parts of the country.
While sharing the details, Barnala SSP Sandeep Goel informed that the arrested gang members include Subhas, Feroz Khan, Krishna Ram and Gaminda Ram.
“Arrested gang members have been facing various FIRs in different states. This inter-state gang used to steal 8-10 cars per month from various states and sold them to drug smugglers at very low rates. The smugglers used these stolen vehicles with fake number for the smuggling of drugs,” said SSP Goel.
After two Scorpio cars were stolen from Barnala during the intervening night of August 26-27, police had registered an FIR at City police station of Barnala against unidentified persons.
The SSP formed a special team including officers from Barnala city police station and Crime Investigations Agency (CIA) and finally investigations team reached at Barmer and arrested the four accused.
“Our further investigations are going on. The accused operated in various states, we are conducting thorough investigations and raids to recover the stolen vehicles, which were sold to drug smugglers in various states,” said the SSP.
