Seven truck lifters
including a woman were arrested today at Galsi in Burdwan district, the police said.
Sources said they would use a woman seeking help from the truck drivers on the side of a road and when the trucks would stop, the other gang members would get into the trucks and rob them.
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They had stopped a brick-laden truck at Baromuri village and the drivers and others were tied to a roadside tree.
A police patrol later rescued them and went ahead to look for the truck which was on the way to Durgapur from Khanyan in Hoogly district.
All the seven, who were residents of Hoogly district, were arrested, the police said.


