In one of the biggest busts of interstate grand theft auto in the Northeastern region, the Itanagar Police recovered 57 high-end cars worth around ₹30.5 crore and arrested five individuals of a syndicate on Monday.
According to the Itanagar Capital SP Office, an SIT was constituted after a suo motu case regarding an interstate vehicle theft and smuggling racket, and began investigation on 2nd July 2025.
During the course of the investigation, all the stolen vehicles were recovered from various locations across Arunachal Pradesh’s state capital, Itanagar. All the vehicles were found to be blacklisted and linked to theft and robbery cases across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and other states. The seized vehicles have been documented through the e-Sakshya portal.