Three men in Rusholme have been arrested in connection with the theft of pedal cycles and handling stolen goods.
The men - aged 35, 52 and 53 - were arrested at an address on Farnworth Drive, Rusholme.
The arrests come after a rise in cycle thefts in the south Manchester area, which officers from GMP's Rusholme Neighbourhood Policing and Student Safe teams have been investigating.
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The three men remain in custody for questioning.
Following the arrests, officers were also able to recover nine pedal cycles, bike parts and power tools.
Superintendent Phil Spurgeon, of GMP's City of Manchester District, said: "As a cyclist myself, bike theft is a crime that is close to my heart and it makes me feel annoyed and upset whenever someone reports a bike theft.
"We will always investigate incidents such as this thoroughly, exploring every opportunity to get the bike back to the owner and hold the thieves to account.
"Today's arrests show that our officers do care about this issue and we will now work relentlessly to identify the bikes and tools we have recovered today and re-unite the belongings with their owners."
Last month, around 70 stolen bikes and power tools were found at a property in Middleton by police.
Officers suspected all bikes had been stolen from across Greater Manchester.
Anyone with information on bike thefts can report it to police via the GMP website.
