As many as six persons were arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly stealing credit and debit card data of people, including foreign nationals, using the information to book flight tickets and rooms in five-star hotels and selling the same at cheaper rates, police said on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off, personnel from different police stations formed special team to trace the accused, who have been operating for a long time, assistant commissioner of police Crime, Ramchandra Deshmukh said.