The city police on Sunday night arrested three dreaded anti-social from a hideout while the trio was planning to commit a dacoity in the locality of Sartol under the Madhupatna police station here.
The police seized two country-made pistols, a mouser, two live bullets and three mobile phones from the possession of the miscreants, who have significant crime records in the city and outside, said city DCP S Praveen Kumar to reporters on Monday.
“Around midnight on Sunday, the trio along with a few others had gathered near a deserted place and were planning to commit the crime,” the DCP said, adding that the police raided the place and apprehended them.
While all the three arrested have previous criminal history and wanted by several police stations of the city, one of them was wanted in connection with a murder case of 2012 by the Bidanasi police, the DCP said.