ACLC arrests gang of vehicle lifters in capital

Islamabad: Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) of Islamabad police busted an inter-provincial gang of car/motorcycle lifters and recovered four cars and four motorcycles worth hundreds of thousands of rupees from them, a police spokesman said.

Following the directions of Inspector General of Police (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 car-lifters.

Following his directions, special team was constituted under supervision of In-charge ACLC Sub-Inspector Liaqat Ali along with other officials. This team achieved a success and apprehended four members of an inter-provincial gang. The gangsters have been identified as Bilal, Rizwan, Aksiar Abbasi and Aadil Sohail.

During the preliminary investigation, they confessed to take away the vehicles and motorcycles from various areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan and DIG (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed has appreciated the performance of ACLC Police Team and directed the officials to intensify efforts to curb car/motorbike lifting incidents.