Islamabad Police have busted a gang of car thieves and seized a stolen car, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
According to details, SP Jameel Ahmed Hashmi constituted special teams for effective checking in various points of the city to curb car lifting incidents. One of the team comprising police officials of anti-car lifting cell including Sub Inspector Liaqat Ali, ASIs Muhammad Akbar and Mazoor Elahi were performing duty on police picket near toll plaza when they stopped a car for checking.
Three occupants of car tried to speed away but were stopped by the police team who were identified as Farooq Ali Shah, Liaqat Ali Shah residents of Swabi and Danish Iqbal resident of Batgram. On checking, police found jammers and fake police card from them while stolen VTI Honda car was also recovered from them.
During the preliminary investigation, the nabbed persons have confessed their involvement in several car theft incidents. They confessed to take away stolen cars to Mardan and sell them to other areas after changing their chassis numbers through tempering or cut and weld and preparing their fake documents.
