A gang of six Syrian expatriates and five Bedoun residents was arrested for stealing more than 50 vehicles, disassembling them and selling their parts in a plot within Salmi scrapyard, says Al-Seyassah daily.

The daily, quoting security sources reported that when security authorities received several complaints about thefts of vehicles, a security team was formed to arrest the thieves. While one of the team officers was investigating the theft of a vehicle in Jahra area, he followed the driver and managed to pull him over.

When questioned, the suspect confessed that he is one of the six Syrian members of a gang that steal vehicles and sell the parts in the scrapyard, adding that two members of the gang have a crane to carry the vehicles.