Police arrested three members of a gang of thieves and recovered five stolen motorcycles from different places of the country from May 1 to May 3.
The arrestees are Saikat Hossain, 20, Md. Humayun, 29 and Md. Anwar Hossain alias Babu, 26.
DC media of DMP Talebur Rahman said the thieves were arrested from Cumilla's Laksam and Noakhali's Sonaimuri and Begumganj police stations.
According to Dhanmondi Model Police Station sources, on May 1 at approximately 8pm, a person named Ifaz Ahmed left his Suzuki Gixxer-150 cc (red-black color, Dhaka Metro-Law 33-1069) motorcycle in the parking lot of 7/A Road adjacent to Dhanmondi Lake and went to a nearby tea shop.
When he returned around 8:30 pm, he found that his motorcycle was not in its usuala0 place. He immediately informed the matter to Dhanmondi Police Station.
Later, a team from Dhanmondi Police carried out a series of drives in Cumilla's Sadar Dakshin and Laksam upazilas and Sonaimuri and Begumganj areas of Noakhali district from May 1 to May 3. Three members of the gang of thieves were arrested in the drive and four more stolen motorcycles, including the stolen motorcycle of Ifaz Ahmed, were recovered.
Police sources also said that this gang had been stealing motorcycles from different areas of Dhaka city for a long time and selling them through their associates in different areas including Cumilla, Noakhali and Chatkhil.
Later, cases were filed against the arrested persons at Dhanmondi Model Police Station.