In a significant breakthrough, the Commissionerate police on Thursday busted a major car snatching racket and arrested three persons in this connection. While probing into a number of vehicle snatching cases in the past few days in different parts of the city, the Khandagiri police conducted raids at a number of places and nabbed the accused.
During the raid, the cops also seized three cars, bikes and gold jewellery from them.
Informing on the modus operandi of the gang police said, the accused used to threaten the victims with toy guns and sharp weapons and snatch their cars, bikes and other valuables. The gang had come under police’s scanner of late, after snatching three cars from Bhubaneswar and two others from Khordha. Over 30 criminal cases including vehicle snatching are pending against the gang in different police stations across the State, police said.