Vadodara: Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) has arrested a suspected vehicle thief and claimed to have cracked 13 motorbike theft cases reported across the city over the past one-and-a-half years.Acting on a tip-off that a motorbike thief would be passing through Tarsali, a DCB team laid a trap in the area and intercepted Rakesh Darji, a resident of Bharuch, who was riding a motorbike.When police asked Darji to produce the vehicle’s documents, he failed to do so. During questioning, he admitted to stealing the bike from the parking area outside Sayajibaug. He also confessed to stealing more than 13 two-wheelers from different parts of the city over the past 18 months, police said.According to investigators, Darji targeted motorbikes parked beneath flyovers and in busy areas, using duplicate keys to steal them. He sold the stolen vehicles to unsuspecting buyers at lower prices, police said.
