Vehicle lifter held, 4 stolen cars recovered – Times of India
Chandigarh: The crime branch of the police on Saturday arrested a vehicle lifter after he was caught using a fake registration number plate on a Honda City car stolen from Mohali last.
Rajeev Kumar, in-charge, crime branch, said the accused is Anil Kumar alias Giri (27),a resident of Baltana, Zirakpur. He belongs to Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh.
The crime branch team received a secret information that the accused was roaming in the car near the dividing road of sectors 2 and 3. A trap was laid near the chowk of sectors 2, 3, 10 and 11.
Cops stopped the accused. He failed to produce any papers of the car. Police found the accused had stolen the car. Police claimed to recover three more stolen cars, including Honda City, Maruti Swift and Hyundai Creta, from different parts of the city on his disclosure. Police said the accused is a drug addict and was arrested in theft cases in 2014 and 2021.
A court on Sunday remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.
