The Ghaziabad Police have busted a high-tech auto lifters' gang and arrested two persons in this connection in Ghaziabad of Uttar Pradesh, said Ghaziabad Police chief Vaibhav Krishna on Saturday.
Nine luxury cars were also recovered from them. Police recovered nine luxury cars from their possession including Honda city, Hyundai Verna, Hyundai Ascent, Maruti Swift dezire and santo and wagon R. Police further recovered drill machine, a tool to crack the lock, some keys of 11 kind, screw drivers, torches and two locks from them, Krishna said.
The stolen cars were sold in Nepal, they said. A Honda City car is sold for Rs 22 lakh or more in the neighbouring country, according to them.
Krishna said during a checking drive on Friday, the police stopped two persons -- Nafees and Imran, who were moving in a luxury car.
As the police asked them about their car, they could not provide satisfactory answers. On suspicion, they were taken to loni Police Station of the city.
During interrogation, they revealed that they were members of a high-tech auto lifters' gang which steals luxury cars by disabling their GPS and switching off the sensors.
The police believe that they have sold over hundred cars in Nepal to date. During the screening of their crime record, Nafees was found involved in nine cases of theft in different police station areas of Delhi. Imran has also been involved in seven criminal cases.
The police also recovered a drilling machine, a tool to crack the lock and some duplicate keys, among others, from them.