The Commissionerate police have arrested a notorious mobile thief and seized 16 mobile phones from his possession.
The accused was forwarded to court on Monday and further investigation is on in the case.
A special team headed by Chandrasekharpur police station IIC Deepak Kumar Mishra nabbed Sanjit Kumar Ray, a resident of Jamugoan under the Naugoan police station in Jagatsinghpur, on Sunday after a month-long operation.
Ray used to steal the phones from people, including senior citizens, from crowded places in the capital city. He had previously been arrested and forwarded to the court by the Saheed Nagar, laxmisagar, Nayapalli and Khandagiri police stations several times.
An unnumbered Honda CB Shine motorcycle used during commission of crime was also seized from his possession.
Costly mobile phones like Asus 700J, Black and Red Asus mobile phone-200 lD, Micromax-X088, Samsung GTE 123213, Nokia 200 and 2626, Sony Xperia E 2363, Micromax D200, Samsung-SNG530H/DD and Ml Mobile-RCDMI-TE3 were confiscated from him.