Chandigarh police arrested an alleged vehicle thief during a special check post from near Bal Bhawan of Sector-23. Nine vehicle theft cases have been solved with the arrest of the accused, said police. The accused Harpreet Singh (28) used to steal vehicles from various parking places in the City and then sold them to a scrap dealer at Rajpura in Punjab at a very low price to finance his need for drugs.
Harpreet, a resident of Patiala was arrested while he was driving a motorcycle which he had stolen from the parking of sector-22 on October 3. During questioning, nine vehicle theft cases registered with Chandigarh police were solved. Two cars and seven motorcycles have been recovered from his possession, said Ram Rattan, In-charge posted at PP sector-22. Harpreet was produced in the district court on Wednesday from where he was sent for two days police remand for further investigation.