Shillong, Oct 8: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly stealing a Royal Enfield bike from Riatsamthiah and smuggling stolen bikes to Bangladesh, police said on Thursday.
A complaint was filed at Lumdiengjri PS on October 4 that a Graphite Grey Royal Enfield Hunter 350 (ML-05-AF-7596) was stolen from Block-II, Riatsamthiah. A case was registered and investigation was taken up.
During investigation, police apprehended Shabamutlang Syiemlieh (23) of Mawpun, Golflink on October 7. Based on his disclosure, principal accused Cornelius Mukhim (20) of Mawlai Mawroh was also arrested.
On interrogation, the accused confessed that stolen bikes are being smuggled to Bangladesh, police said.
Further investigation is underway to identify others and uncover the larger network, SP (Traffic) Dr. Hari Prasanth M.R. said.
