The Jatni police foiled a dacoity bid and arrested two members of a gang while they were planning a robbery near the Gangapada Old Gate in Jatni late on Saturday night.
The arrestees were identified as Rinku Pradhan of Pitapalli village and Rakesh Kumar Sahoo of Gangapada village under the Jatni police station.
However, three other members of the gang managed to give a slip to police.
On a tipoff, a night patrolling party led by ASI SK Behura conducted a raid while the gang was planning for dacoity at an abandoned house and managed to nab two members of the gang.
A country-made revolver, four live bullets, two country-made bombs, two polythenes full of gun powder, jute thread bundles, stone chips, and a knife were seized from the arrestees possession, police said.