The Town police on Saturday arrested a youth who was loitering with a country-made gun in the Gosaninuagaon area of the city.The youth was identified as Bauri Sankar Pradhan alias Shankar and he was involved in 17 criminal cases under different police stations in Ganjam district. The police seized the gun along with a magazine from the youth, said Brahmapur SDPO PK Pattanaik.