LAHORE, Jan 3: The Civil Lines police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two car thieves and recovered six vehicles besides illegal weapons from them.

Police said the accused, identified as Iqbal alias Balli and Jibran, were lifting a car from the LDA Plaza on Kashmir Road when a team led by the Civil Lines SHO caught them red-handed. During preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed they had committed 34 crimes.