Thief Told His Victims How to Find Their Cars

Police said Monday that they have arrested a car thief who wrote letters to his victims telling them where they could find their stripped vehicles.

Joseph John, 26, stole six cars outside New Delhi hotels in the last month, police said. After stealing a vehicle, he would use it as a taxi, carrying passengers on long, expensive trips. Then he would then drive it back to the capital and strip it of tires, battery, radio and other parts and write a letter to the owner, telling him where the car could be found.

The thief was caught when he was stopped for drunk driving in a stolen car, police added.