by Melissa Bailey | Mar 26, 2013 1:19 pm

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Police have locked up two people they believe are responsible for stealing the bulk of the Hondas that have been disappearing from city streets and parking lots in recent weeks.

Police have arrested a man and a juvenile in connection to a rash of Honda thefts, according to Assistant Chief Archie Generoso. The arrests led to a raid at 6 a.m. Tuesday at the suspects’ home at 65 Level St., in the Westville Manor housing projects in West Rock.

Cops enacting a search warrant there found 20 cell phones, 11 GPS devices, as well as car parts and a key.

In the past three weeks, at least 30 Hondas have been stolen from city streets, according to Assistant Chief Luiz Casanova.

Generoso said police believe the two suspects committed the “vast majority” of those thefts.

Police Chief Dean Esserman said he hopes Honda thefts go down after the arrests. He credited Detective Manuella Vensel with cracking the case.