The Yelahanka police on Thursday arrested two persons and recovered 11 bikes worth ₹ 6 lakh from them.
The accused, Mubarak Pasha, 20, from R.T. Nagar, and Mahesh, 27, from Yelahanka used to move around residential areas to identify two-wheelers parked outside houses and steal them by breaking the locks.
The accused would then sell the bikes at throwaway prices to their contacts without documents. Based on a complaint of bike theft, the police analysed CCTV footage to identify the accused and arrested them.