Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, May 27: The police, who were frustrated by a series of motor bike thefts happening of late, finally succeeded in arresting a gang of eight bike thieves. Surprisingly, five of the thieves are PU students aged between 16 and 18.
A car and three motor bikes were taken into custody from the arrested persons. The police hope to seize around 20 vehicles from them in course of time. All the five students are from Kerala, sources stated.
The district police had received over 25 complaints about theft of vehicles from the spots where they were parked during the last three months. The arrested thieves reportedly confessed that they learnt the art of unlocking motor bikes by seeing a video on Youtube.
A police team led by inspector, Yogish, working under the guidance of city police commissioner, Vipul Kumar, deputy commissioners of police and assistant commissioner of police, made these arrests.