National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) has recovered two stolen vehicles and arrested five car-lifters by taking prompt action. According to a spokesman, Motorway Police following an information that a Suzuki Mehran Car No LOR-8656 has been stolen from the jurisdiction of Westrige Police Station, Rawalpindi put all the patrolling vehicles of NH&MP on alert.
The NH&MP officials succeeded in stopping the said car through commando action on Motorway (M-2) Main Toll Plaza, Islamabad. Two culprits named Muhammad Yunas s/o Syed Muhammad and Kamran s/o Anwar r/o Peshawar were arrested and car was taken into custody.
In another incident, during routine patrolling on GT Road in the area of Rahim Yar Khan, Motorway Police officers SPO Sajjad Hussain and PO Irshad signalled a speedy Mehran Car No KWS-16 to stop, but instead of stopping, the driver sped away. However, NH&MP officers chased and stopped the car through commando action and arrested three culprits named Muhammad Abbas s/o Malik Amanullah, Muhammad Ali s/o Zahid Hussain and Muhammad Irshad s/o Zahoor Ahmed r/o Bahawalpur.
On investigation, it revealed that no car was registered with the said numberplate and the culprit had stolen the car. Later on, the Motorway Police handed over the arrested culprits along with the recovered vehicles to the concerned local police for further legal action and investigation.