India, June 28 -- The Vanrai police on Friday busted an inter-state gang that stole trucks and other heavy vehicles and resold them in Rajasthan and Gujarat after creating fake registration documents. The police seized six heavy vehicles, worth around Rs.1.50 crore, from the gang.

According to an officer of Vanrai police station, on June 8 around 1pm, a 10-wheeler Tata truck was stolen from a cement godown in Goregaon East. Based on a complaint lodged by the vehicle owner, Vanrai police registered a case against unidentified thieves under section 303(2) (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

While scanning through CCTV footage of the Western Express Highway, police eventually noticed the stolen truck travelling towards Gujarat. A polic...