more-in The Sunguvarchatram police have cracked a container lorry hijacking case and retrieved the vehicle with goods from a godown at Redhills within a week of reporting of the incident. According to the police, Arulmani of Tirunelveli, who drove a container lorry laden with automobile spare parts worth ?1 crore from Bengaluru to Chennai Port, lodged a complaint with the Sunguvarchatram police on September 8 stating that the vehicle was hijacked by a group on September 7. The police attempted to track the lorry with the help of the GPS device fixed in it and ascertained that the vehicle was moving towards Andhra Pradesh. However, the gang had removed the device. The police, then collected information about the movement of the hijacked lorry from the toll gates . Further investigations revealed that the lorry had been parked in a godown at Redhills . The police found lorry at the godown, where the culprits were engaged in changing the colour and number plate of the lorry. Eight persons hailing from North Chennai were arrested.

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