Balasore, Jan 15: Odisha police on Monday arrested five persons of an interstate ATM looting gang and recovered Rs 6.13 lakh, a stolen car and a pistol from their possession, an official said.

All accused hail from different areas of Haryana.

Balasore SP Sagarika Nath said the Haryana-based gang was busted from Bhubaneswar airport as they were trying to flee after looting two ATMs in the district.

“Based on the information collected from the belongings found in the abandoned car, use of a scientific team and dog squad and with the help of cyber cell and the CCTV footage, three teams of district police visited different areas in the district and outside in search of the accused. Finally, we have succeeded in apprehending the accused from Bhubaneswar,” said Balasore SP.

“Another member of the gang is absconding. In all, they had looted Rs 10.71 lakh from the two machines in Soro and Khaira area of the Balasore district during the intervening night of January 10 and 11,” she added.

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Nath said the car used in the crime was stolen from Delhi. Additionally, some cutting equipment used for breaking ATM machines were seized from them, she added.