The Gonthala police have cracked down a gang of dacoits, who robbed Rs 21.50 lakh from a fish truck of Tayab Khan of Talcher on December 2, and arrested two persons, including the truck driver.
The arrestees are truck driver Jamal Khan of Chandaka in Khordha and Manoj Bisoi of Adaba in Gajapati district while three others are still on the run, said Brahmapur Additional SP Shantanu Das at a Press meet held here.
The police seized Rs 20.80 lakh cash, a Bolero vehicle and two cell phones from their possession.
Four persons had come by a car and intercepted the truck at R Sumandi on NH-16 and looted the cash and mobiles by assaulting the driver and helper, who were carrying cash of Rs 21.50 lakh for procuring fish in Andhra Pradesh.
Das said the driver has confessed to the crime and how a conspiracy was hatched to loot the cash from the truck. He had passed information to the main accused Manoj Bisoi at Kanishi while he was parking the truck before the incident.
A police team has been constituted to nab the other three accused persons allegedly involved in the loot, he added.