The gang is notorious for stopping vehicles on highways and major roads in the NCR and stealing them at gun-point, they said.
Praveen Sharma, Praveen Sehwag, Sandeep Sehrawat and Amir Saifi were arrested on August 25 from Karnal in Haryana when they were travelling on the NH-1 towards Chandigarh. One more accused Vinod was arrested later.
The arrest came on a specific tip-off that the four people would travel on an Indigo car to Chandigarh after police returned empty following searches at their hideouts in Meerut and Karnal.
Police started looking for the gang after a sub-contractor for L&T, K B Singh, filed a complaint that his expensive car was stolen at gunpoint from him.
On August 25, each and every vehicle plying on these roads was keenly observed and after about 8-10 hours of vigil, the car bearing a particular registration number was noticed travelling towards Chandigarh on NH-1.
Three police teams followed it from different directions and apprehended them from Karnal toll plaza when they were waiting.
"The car in which they were travelling was also found to be stolen and a loaded pistol was also recovered from the car," V Renganathan, Additional Commissioner of Police, West Delhi, said.
The four accused were remanded in police custody for seven days and during their interrogation, it has been found that they have been previously involved in very many cases of car-jackings and thefts in which they are on bail.
"Further, they have confessed their involvements in as many as 18 cases of car jackings and car thefts from Delhi, UP, Haryana and Chandigarh," Renganathan said, adding that a hunt is on to nab other accused.
