[DAWN] The Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) on Saturday claimed to have tossed in the calaboose
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
two bike-lifters in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
who are said to be a part of gang comprising many of their family members, all involved in stealing cycle of violences.
The ACLC personnel arrested two suspects Sabir Khokhar alias Kala and Mohammed Ashraf Khokhar, said SSP Syed Asad Raza, adding that their gang has stolen around 2,000 vehicles from the metropolis over the last few years.
"This gang of bikes-lifters is known as Khokhar group," claimed the senior officer.
SSP Raza told Dawn that the arrested suspects belonged to Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
and had settled in different parts of the metropolis. Initially, their elders were allegedly involved in this criminal activity and later on their children also became involved in it.
Abdul Ghafoor Khokhar and his cousins, all hailing from Jhelum District of Punjab, formed a criminal gang in Karachi 1990s and started committing vehicular theft, says SSP Raza.
"Around 25 to 30 members of Khokhar group are involved in bike-lifting," said the officer, adding that during the last 10 years, this gang has stolen between 1,500 to 2,000 cycle of violence s, which were subsequently sold in Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
via their links with criminal elements in Khuzdar.
Apart from lifting cycle of violences, this gang had also been involved in "safe keeping" cycle of violences lifted by other criminals, for which they received Rs4,000 - 5,000 per vehicle.
They were also arrested on several occasions in the past but were released on bail from courts and started criminal activities again.
The SSP ACLC revealed that the suspects had also sought the help of women for transporting stolen bikes to Balochistan.
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