Three mousers, twelve live cartridges and a dagger were seized by police in a surprise raid on a den from five dacoits while they were preparing to commit crime on Friday night.
Presenting the accused persons along with the seized weapons at the Town police station, district Superintendent of Police Ashis Kumar Singh said the police conducted the raid on a mutt and nabbed the five hardcore criminals from the Mahavir temple inside the mutt.
The accused persons were identified as Bijay Kumar Swain (31) and Jewel Das (23), both of Markandeswar Sahi; Debendra Mohanty alias Babu (29) of Mishra Sahi; Jyoti Mohanty alias Soli (25) of Baseli Sahi; and Santosh Kumar Pattnaik (30) of Municipal Market Square. They were involved in a number of cases under various police stations of the city. They were forwarded to the court of SDJM, Puri, on Saturday.