NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Three males had been arrested Thursday after allegedly making an attempt to ship stolen rental automotive firm automobiles abroad.
Metro Nashville Police stated the scheme concerned the theft of rental automotive firm automobiles for possible cargo abroad led to the arrest of Abdule Alladin, 34, of Black Jack, Missouri, Rodley Balthazar, 28, of Laurel, Maryland, and Islam Johar, 29, of Woodbridge, Virginia.
Police stated they recovered 4 late fashions SUVs rented from Nashville space Avis areas by all three males who supplied fraudulent identifications.
On Thursday night, MNPD detectives from the Auto Theft Unit had been alerted {that a} group of individuals believed liable for the theft of dozens of rental automobiles nationally had come to the Nashville space.
Metro Police stated one of many 9 automobiles fraudulently rented throughout 24 hours, a 2022 Chevrolet Equinox SUV, went from the Avis location on West Finish Avenue.
With the assistance of Avis employees, detectives positioned the Equinox within the 2400 block of Brick Church Pike, in accordance with authorities.
Nonetheless, earlier than detectives approached the SUV, it began to drive away and was quickly adopted by an MNPD helicopter to a car parking zone on N.
Gallatin Pike in Madison.
Authorities confirmed the three males contained in the Equinox had been Alladin, Balthazar, and Johar.
Police apprehended them within the car parking zone and took them into custody with out incident.
Police additionally discovered three different automobiles fraudulently rented from Avis areas and one automotive from a Sumner County rental workplace within the car parking zone.
MNPD stated the 5 different automobiles fraudulently rented from this space are believed to have been taken out of state for cargo to Africa.
The three males have all been charged with three counts of car theft every.
The FBI, Hendersonville Police, and MNPD Auto Theft proceed the investigation into the three males’s actions.
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