KARACHI, Feb 17: As many as 40 vehicles – nine cars and 31 motorcycles – and 25 mobiles phones were taken away by the evening on Tuesday in different parts of the city.

Officials at the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee told Dawn that at least four cars were snatched at gunpoint in the police limits of Manghopir, Mauripur and Shahrah-i-Noorjahan.

They said five automobiles were stolen in the police jurisdictions of Defence Housing Authority, New Karachi, PIB Colony, Aziz Bhatti and Airport.

The officials said that 12 motorcycles were snatched at gunpoint in the limits of Surjani Town, Manghopir, PIB Colony, Korangi, Sharafi Goth, Khawaja Ajmair Nagri, Garden, Sharea Faisal and Pirabad.

The officials said 19 motorcycles were stolen in the limits of Frere, Defence, Azizabad, Jauharabad, Sachal, PIB Colony, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Jamshed Quarters, Ferozabad, Landhi, North Nazimabad, Pakistan Bazaar, Orangi Town, Eidgah and Airport.

Besides, they said, 13 cellular phones were snatched at gunpoint in Gulberg, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Landhi, Clifton, Jamshed Quarters, Malir and North Nazimabad.

The officials said that 12 mobile phones were stolen in Gulberg, Clifton, Gulshan, Keamari, Korangi and Saddar.

They said that as many as nine cars, 43 motorcycles and 65 mobile phones were taken away on Monday across the city. Of them, the CPLC officials said, three cars, five motorcycles and 30 cellular phones were snatched at gunpoint.

Meanwhile, the Ferozeabad police arrested two carjackers and seized from them 15 stolen vehicles. The SP of Jamshed Town, Javed Akbar Riaz, told a press conference that the suspects were arrested after a shootout at PECHS in the small hours of Tuesday.