Four members of an inter-state criminal gang and a gun supplier were arrested in Ganjam district, the police said today.
A country-made gun, some ammunition, Rs 12,000 cash and six mobile phones were seized from the gangsters, while gun-making equipment were seized from the gun supplier's workshop yesterday, they said.
The gangsters had looted around Rs 20,000 cash from the manager of a private finance company on Talapada-Nuagaon Road in Khallikote area on July 24. The gang committed two more similar crimes in Ganjam district, the police said.
Another member of the gang, Dilip Das (27) alias Bideshi was arrested by Kodala police after an exchange of fire near Pustapur on August 8. Das was allegedly involved in 30 cases in different districts.
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