puducherry police have bust a gang of vehicle lifters and arrested four here on sunday they also recovered four stolen vehicles a tempo traveller and three tata ace all worth approximately rs 12 lakh from their possessionthe arrested were identified as n ramesh 23 and s ashok 27 of ariyankuppam r brabu 36 of gandhipuram coimbatore and a murganantham alias vimal 23 of udumalaipet in tirupur districtthe four confessed to stealing pinkcoloured tempo traveller and tata ace in puducherry under d nagar police station limits and a goldcoloured tata ace in virapandi in theni district and another tata ace with tampered engine and chassis numbers also in tamil nadusuperintendent of police north chinta kodandaram said s perumal of shanmugapuram lodged a complaint with the mettuplayam police station stating that his tempo traveller parked near the kalamkatha mariyamman koil pipdic main road mettupalayam was stolen by unknown culprits kodandaram said police formed special teams under the direction of senior superintendent of police law and order apoorva gupta the teams managed to trace and arrest four of the culprits and recovered the vehiclespolice also suspect the involvement of others in the crime and have laid a dragnet for them kodandaram said ramesh and ashok were involved in more than six cases of theft under lawspet d nagar and mudaliarpet police station limits the ssp congratulated the sp and his team for cracking the cases