The Special Squad and the Khandagiri police on Thursday arrested two notorious highway robbers, who were involved in a series of loots on the stretch of National Highway between Janla and Jayadev Vihar.
The nabbed duo was identified as Krushna Das of Aiginia and Barun Patra of Raghunath Nagar.
Police have seized many stolen vehicles, mobile phones and two blood stained swords from the duo’s possession.
Police swung into action after reports of series of highway robberies in which cars and bikes were snatched after assaulting the victims with lethal weapons.
One Hyundai i 10 car, one Pulsar, two Honda Hornet, two Honda Activa, two Hero Glamour bikes, 10 stolen mobile phones, two blood stained swords used in the crime and one Tata Indigo car which was used in all the crimes was seized from their possession.
During interrogation, they confessed of their involvement in the crimes.The accused were forwarded to court later on the day.