India, Jan. 31 -- The Noida police on Thursday arrested two men from Sector 123 for alleged involvement in a series of mobile phone snatching incidents and seized 23 stolen handsets along with two motorcycles used in the crimes, police said on Friday.

The two were identified as Irshad alias Micchu (27), and Zulfam (26), both residents of Loni, Ghaziabad. Police said Irshad had studied up to Class 5, while Zulfam had studied up to Class 6.

Irshad and Zulfam's arrests were made by a team from the Sector 113 police station following inputs from local intelligence and electronic surveillance, police said.

Police said two motorcycles - a KTM Duke and a Bajaj Pulsar N250 - both without registration plates, were also seized. "The suspects wer...