Five persons were arrested and 41 stolen two-wheelers were recovered by a special police patrol here in Shoolagiri.
According to a release, the arrests were made by the special team constituted to investigate the recurrent incidents of two-wheeler thefts in the area.
On Monday, the team was patrolling in Shoolagiri, when five persons on two-wheelers were intercepted. The five persons- G. Dakshanamoorthy (26), Tiruvengadam (31), Satish alias Satishkumar (24), Santosh (19), and Arasan (24) during interrogation admitted to lifting two-wheelers in Shoolagiri, Bargur, Krishnagiri and Hosur, besides other districts.
According to the police, the men led the team to 41 stolen vehicles that were worth ₹25 lakh. They were arrested and produced before the judicial magistrate court in Hosur and remanded.