Berhampur, Feb 19: Ganjam police cracked a bike-lifting gang and arrested its king-pin. Nine bikes have been recovered from his possession.

The king-pin has been identified as L Shiva Reddy, a native of Gokarnapur under Digapahandi police limits.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Berhampur, Prabhat Kumar Routray said, L Shiva and aides looted many bikes from MKCG campus, Gosaninuagaon and Baidyanathpur area.

A joint team of Baidyanathpur, Gosaninuagaon and Town police conducted frequent raid in different places to bust the gang and caught L Shiva Reddy red-handed on February 18, said Routray.