Five members of an alleged motor-cycle lifting gang were arrested and 11 stolen bikes and some cash recovered from them at Jeypore in Koraput district, the police said today.
The arrest was made yesterday during investigation into a theft case.
A few more persons of the gang are on the run, Inspector In-Charge of Jeypore town police station Tapan Rath said.
The recovered bikes had been stolen from several places in Jeypore during the past few months.