Imphal, April 25 -- The special squads set up by the Manipur police to detect vehicle theft cases have targeted the insurgents/anti-socials who always snatched vehicles at gunpoint for their easy escape from any hotspot where they committed extortion campaigns from the public.

The police are also facing yet another challenge from the vehicle lifting gang, mainly operating in the Lilong areas of the Thoubal district during the past few months.

The police said that there are several cases involving insurgents and vehicle lifting gangs.

This came to establish to the police recovered a total of 85 vehicles in a series of operations conducted at strategic locations across the state during the past ten days.

It is also reported that during ...