Ludhiana, May 22 Gang bought vehicles from finance companies, sold them further
Three members of a gang involved in procuring vehicles from finance companies on fake documents and selling them further were arrested by the Ludhiana police in Partap Singh Wala village today.
The arrested have been identified as Kamal Preet Singh alias Ashu of Haibowal, Narinder Kumar of Shimlapuri and Surjit Singh, also a resident of Haibowal. Some more members of the gang are still at large, said police.
Haibowal police received a tip-off about the gang taking vehicles to Uttar Pradesh for sale. Three tractors, a truck and a motorcycle were impounded in the raid.
Explaining the modus operandi of the gang, Superintendent of Police (City I) Ashish Chaudhary, said: “The arrested bought vehicles through finance companies. They just paid the minimum down payment for the vehicle and sold it further without clearing the remaining installments.”
During interrogation, the accused confessed to selling around ten financed vehicles in UP on cheap rates, said SP Chaudhary.
The police suspect that some employees of the finance companies may also be hand-in-glove with the gang. SP Chaudhary said the role of the finance company employees concerned in the transactions was also under investigation.
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Major Passport Forgery Syndicate Busted, Mastermind Nabbed - Malaysian National News Ageny - 20 May 2008
PUTRAJAYA, May 20 (Bernama) -- The Immigration Department's enforcement division has busted the biggest passport forgery syndicate yet and also arrested its mastermind.
Its director Datuk Ishak Mohamad said following a tipoff from the public, officers from the division detained a 41-year Iranian national at 9pm on May 15 at a condominium in Jalan Kuching here and seized 19 international passports from him.
"The suspect, whom we believe is the mastermind, was caught with a Filipino woman who did not have a passport but was trying to enrol herself at a tertiary institution here," he told a press conference here Tuesday.According to Ishak, information gleaned from the duo showed there were about five to seven operatives in the syndicate made up of Iranians and others from middle eastern countries.
Among the passports seized included those of Iran, Turkey, Oman, Mexico, Japan, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Colombia and the United Kingdom.
"We also recovered unused visa stickers from Canada and a false Malaysian Immigration Department stamp from the mastermind," he said, adding that the passports were being sold between RM3,100 and RM9,300 each. He added that the mastermind was using a carpet sales business in Rawang, Selangor as a cover for his activities.
On other matters, Ishak said his department would also be monitoring the influx of African runners during marathon competitions in the country as they cannot participate in such events on a social visit pass.
-- BERNAMA
Its director Datuk Ishak Mohamad said following a tipoff from the public, officers from the division detained a 41-year Iranian national at 9pm on May 15 at a condominium in Jalan Kuching here and seized 19 international passports from him.
"The suspect, whom we believe is the mastermind, was caught with a Filipino woman who did not have a passport but was trying to enrol herself at a tertiary institution here," he told a press conference here Tuesday.According to Ishak, information gleaned from the duo showed there were about five to seven operatives in the syndicate made up of Iranians and others from middle eastern countries.
Among the passports seized included those of Iran, Turkey, Oman, Mexico, Japan, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Colombia and the United Kingdom.
"We also recovered unused visa stickers from Canada and a false Malaysian Immigration Department stamp from the mastermind," he said, adding that the passports were being sold between RM3,100 and RM9,300 each. He added that the mastermind was using a carpet sales business in Rawang, Selangor as a cover for his activities.
On other matters, Ishak said his department would also be monitoring the influx of African runners during marathon competitions in the country as they cannot participate in such events on a social visit pass.
-- BERNAMA
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