Summary:
Muzaffarnagar: Local police arrested eight members of a highway robbers’ gang that mostly targeted trucks carrying consignments of cosmetic products of top brands and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) on NH-58. The gang would loot cash and goods from the trucks and sell the goods in local markets. After the incident, police laid a trap to nab the looters and arrested eight members of the gang. They recovered 335 cartons of cosmetic products, cash worth Rs 5.17 lakh and country-made weapons from them.”According to a police source, the arrested criminals were identified as Mustar, Mehtab, Amir, Yusuf, Waseem, Kapil, Rinku and Rajkishore, all residents of Meerut’s Ghaziabad and Hapur. Five more members of the gang are absconding, said police..