The Commissionerate police arrested six members of a two-wheeler theft gang in the city late on Saturday.
Police sources said on Sunday that the Nayapalli police arrested a member of the gang who spilled the beans during an intense grilling. Following this, the five other members were rounded up.
As many as 11 motorcycles were recovered from Salia Sahi in the city and various locations in Aska in Ganjam district.
All the accused hailing from Aska were identified as Niladri Nayak, Gunu Pradhan, Subrat Pradhan, Bana Nayak, Shankar Das and Santosh Sehti. Gunu is said to be the mastermind of the gang.
The accused used to lift bikes from Bapuji Nagar, Chandrasekharpur and the Master Canteen area in Bhubaneswar and hide them in Aska.
The gang was active in the city since last two years, the police sources said.