Hazaribag (Jharkhand), Oct 20 (PTI) Four hardcore criminals have been arrested with arms and ammunition from the Canary Hills area in Hazaribag district, a senior police officer said.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team surrounded the popular tourist spot on National Highway-33 and nabbed them late on Monday, SP Manoj Ratan Chauthe said.

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The arrested persons hail from Nalanda district of Bihar.

The inter-state gang, members of which are in the age group of 22-27 years, have been involved in more than two dozen criminal cases in Patna and Nalanda districts of Bihar, Chauthe said.

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Three other members of the group managed to escape, he said, adding, they have been identified and their hideouts are being raided.

Police seized two 8-mm rifles and 10 live cartridges, among other items, from their possession, the SP said.

The criminals have confessed that they were also involved in a major robbery of a prominent jewellery shop in Patna's Kankarbagh colony.

All the four were produced before a local court on Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody.

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