India, Feb. 12 -- The Ghaziabad police during a late night raid in Morta locality on Tuesday recovered seven stolen vehicles and arrested eight people, including the owner and staff of an authorised vehicle scrapping centre who were allegedly found scrapping vehicles procured from thieves, officials said on Wednesday.

Officials said that following a tip off, the police from Madhuban Bapudham and Sihani Gate police stations raided Seven-Star Auto Scrapping Centre around 2am and found three stolen two-wheelers and registration plate of a stolen scrapped two-wheeler. Police also seized four more stolen two-wheelers (Honda Activa) from a nearby building.

"We arrested Nawab Malik, 50, owner of the seven-star scrapping centre, and his employe...