Karachi police’s Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell claimed on Tuesday to have arrested a family accused of stealing vehicles at gunpoint.
According to SSP AVLC Arif Aslam Rao, his team caught two men and a woman over the suspicion of stealing people’s vehicles at gunpoint.
SAMAA Newes reported that the police claim that Shahab and his mother Ambar, also known as Shabbo Naz, and her second husband Liaquat rented cars from different areas and tell the drivers to take them to North Karachi.
After reaching a deserted spot, they would point the gun at the drivers, force them out of their cars and drive away with the vehicles. The gang would then scan and modify the cars’ registration numbers as well as change their colour before putting them on the market.
Police say that the suspects were on remand in seven other cases and that they have been caught for the first time. Nine cars and two weapons were confiscated from the suspects and police say that the cars would be released to their rightful owners after due diligence.
