TURA: Criminals behind a spate of bike thefts in West Garo Hills district have been nabbed by police from Damal Asim village on Monday leading to the seizure of fake guns, daggers tools and recovery of two stolen motorcycles.
The breakthrough came through thanks to alert villagers who tipped off police about the two gang members in the area.
An early morning raid at the home of one of the suspects led to the arrest of the two criminals. The raid, as per sources, was conducted at 3 am this morning.
“There has been a spate of bike lifting cases in Tura town in recent weeks and during investigation we received information about two suspects and their location. Our police teams raided the place and besides arrest of the two also recovered two stolen motorcycles which had been given fake number plates by the gang to avoid detection,” informed West Garo Hills district police superintendent MGR Kumar.
The arrest also led police to identify that a larger network of criminals was operating with the arrested duo in stealing two wheelers.
“The case has been registered and is being investigated. We are trying to nab the other members of the same gang,” informed the SP.
