The MP Nagar police have nabbed a vehicle-lifter from Maida Mill road and recovered two motorbikes worth Rs1 lakh from his possession on Wednesday.
According to the police, acting on a tip off a youth was detained and when he was asked details regarding the vehicle he failed and confessed that the two-wheeler was stolen one. The nabbed accused was identified as Rehman Khan(21).
In the initial investigation police have recovered one other vehicle from his possession which was stolen from MP Nagar areas.
Accused confessed that the accused is addicted to drugs and used to stole vehicles to obtain money by selling vehicles and have drugs.
He tried to sell the vehicle but was not able to find and convince customer to purchase vehicle and before he could sell the vehicle he was nabbed by the police. The miscreant is a resident of Rajeev Nagar shanties in Area Hills.
The friends and family members would be questioned in the investigation which could help in obtaining more details of earlier crimes and involvement in other crimes.
Police said that the parking spaces were used to park the stolen bike and which were to be sold later. During the investigation police have not found any criminal record of the miscreant and told that search for the crime record would be done in the further investigation.
The details of recovered vehicles Honda Shine black colour having Chasis no. ME4JC651BGT203050 Engine number JC65ET0301748 which was not having any registration number at the time of recovery. The other bike was Honda Dream Yuga bearing registration number MP04QG6779.