Shillong, March 14 -- A seven-member team led by DSP Operations, Sinsang Samar, conducted an operation in Haryana Roop district, which resulted in the arrest of two individuals involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) thefts across the country, especially the Northeast, police said.

The accused have been identified as Salim (26) and Rahul (31).

East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) for the East Khasi Hills district, Vivek Syiem, on Friday said that three ATM thefts were reported and the people involved in the theft were highly trained professionals, who took only 7 minutes to loot the ATMs. He said that this is the first instance of such a professional looting of the ATMs.

"The first one occurred on May 21, 2025, where the A...