Gautam Nagar police has nabbed a 19-year-old miscreant involved in stealing a motorbike and a mobile phone and recovered the valuables from his possession after he was nabbed from Arif Nagar area on Tuesday.
Police executed the plan on a tip-off as the accused was trying to sell the bike at a low price. The bike was sans registration number.
The accused was identified as Vijay Solanki.
When the accused was quizzed, he confessed that he had stolen the bike from DIG Bungalow area near a liquor shop where it was parked.
Later, the accused confessed to have stolen the bike around three months ago and had removed the vehicle registration number of the bike and dumped it into Upper Lake.
Police said that the number of other vehicles stolen and burglaries committed by the accused would be investigated.
The accomplices who have helped in the crimes and in the disposal of the stolen vehicles and burgled vehicles would be investigated.