Detectives arrest five car thieves

The group of five people did not own the car they put on sale. They rented it, sedated the driver on the way, and then went on to sell it. But they ran out of luck this time -- their prospective buyers were detectives.

One of the gang members was a woman, Sharmin alias Rani, 19, of Faridpur. The others were Md Mamun, 23, of Dhaka, Md Titu, 28, of Chandpur, Shahidul Islam, 30, Pirojpur, and Ashraful Islam, 23, of Bogra.

The detectives from Rajshahi arrested them at Elenga Filling Station in Tangail, said Superintendent of Police in Rajshahi Md Shahidullah. “Although from different districts, the five formed the gang in Dhaka for stealing private cars,” he said.

The district police last month arrested a gang of eight who used to steal trucks and recovered 13 trucks from them. They also seized a private car from the gang leader Monir and learnt that he bought the car from a gang of carjackers.

“We then engaged a team of detectives to look for the gang,” the SP said.

After locating the gang, the detectives asked to buy a car from them. The gang then targeted a Toyota Axio of Dhaka and rented it to go to Gazipur safari park from Savar. On the way, the driver was sedated and the car stolen. When the gang reached Tangail, they were arrested.