With the arrest of nine persons, police today claimed to have busted a gang of inter-state robbers and recovered from their possession three robbed vehicles and stock of cigarettes worth around Rs 6.25 crore.
The gang was involved in at least 70 cases of robbery and car-jacking registered across Delhi, UP, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. They robbed drivers at highways at gun point and targeted marriage functions in the outer fringes of the cities, police said.
In case of robbed vehicles, they used to forge documents and sell them off as genuine ones. The gang leader, identified as Sunil, had earlier escaped from police custody and jail. In fact, he built up the gang while in judicial custody, police said.
The gang used to travel in an SUV with a beacon light and used to intercept their targets. At times, they stopped their victims with the help of traffic regulation light bars, pretending to be police officials.
Two members of the gang were arrested earlier this month after they drugged a truck driver and looted cartons containing cigarettes worth several crores from the truck, police added.
