Indian police have arrested a 48-year-old man who they say has confessed to killing¹ 33 truck drivers and their helpers over the past decade, then selling the vehicles and the goods they were carrying.

印度警方日前逮捕了一名48岁的男子，这名男子招认了自己在过去10年里杀害了33名卡车司机和助手，然后卖掉车辆和货物。

The man was arrested near the central town of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state, police officer Rahul Kumar Lodha said last Wednesday.

警官拉胡尔·库马尔·洛德哈上周三称，警方是在印度中央邦首府博帕尔逮捕的该男子。

Police stumbled across the man's name as they investigated a string of recent murders of truck drivers in Madhya Pradesh.

警方是在调查最近一系列有关中央邦卡车司机谋杀案时无意中发现的这名男子。

While the man was apparently² not connected to those killings³, some of the seven men arrested told police they had helped him in similar robberies.

尽管他与这些杀人事件无关，但被逮捕的七名男子中有人告诉警方，在之前类似的抢劫案中曾协助过他。

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The man told police he would befriend drivers in roadside eateries and slip drugs into their food so they would fall asleep, Lodha said.

洛德哈警官称，这名男子告诉警方，他会先和在路边餐馆吃饭的司机成为朋友，然后把迷魂药下到司机的食物里将其迷倒。

He would then drive their trucks to isolated⁴ areas, strangle them and their helpers, and dump the bodies in forests.

然后，他会把卡车开到深山老林，勒死司机和他们的助手，并把尸体抛弃在森林里。

He and his accomplices⁵ would then sell the trucks and their goods, Lodha said.

洛德哈警官表示，随后这名杀人犯会和他的同伙出售卡车和货物。

Indian drivers often travel with assistants who help clean their trucks, change tires and other chores.

印度司机经常和助手一起出行，助手会帮司机清理卡车、更换轮胎并承担其他杂务。

Between robberies, he worked as a tailor in a small shop in Mandideep, a village on the outskirts⁶ of Bhopal.

在实施抢劫案的闲暇时间，这名杀人犯会在博帕尔郊区一个名叫曼迪德埃普的村庄的小商店当裁缝。