SAMBA: Samba police has achieved yet another success by arresting two hardcore cattle lifters of Jammu while smuggling cattle from border area of Samba in luxurious car adopting changed modus operandi at midnight to escape from clutches of police. Police said the arrested hardened cattle lifters have been identified as Zaboor Ali alias Jubba, son of Noor Hussain of Jammu and Sher Mohd alias Sheru son of Ahmed Ali of Jammu. The arrested notorious cattle lifters belong to Jammu, but had been operative in Samba district to dodge police. However, their interrogation is underway and police teams are conducting series of raids in Jammu and Samba areas to arrest more accused associated with this gang of cattle lifters and identified by police in this case, police said. Police said the arrests were made on the directives of SSP, Samba Benam Tosh. It said a case FIR No. 292/2023 has been registered at Police Station (PS) Samba in this regard. The hardcore cattle lifters have been arrested red-handed with luxurious Car Skoda in which they were smuggling cattle, after their vehicle met with accident due to rash over speeding at odd midnight hours. Several criminal cases stand already registered against the arrested cattle lifters including three cases : FIR No.79/2021, FIR No 112/2022 and FIR No.38/2020 registered at Police Station Bag-e- Bahu Jammu. The arrests have been made by police team comprising by SHO Police Station, Samba, Daljit Singh under the supervision of DySP Hqrs, Bhishm Dubey and Additional SP, Samba Surinder Choudhary. Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba, Benam Tosh said that four gangs of cattle lifters have been busted by Samba Police in a short span and cattle lifters and smugglers are frequently changing their modus operandi and nowadays using luxurious cars for smuggling cattle with a view to dodge Police.
