PATNA, April 11 -- A joint team of STF and Patna police on Friday arrested three criminals who posed as customs officers and looted 22kg of gold, worth several crores of rupees, from two employees of a Gujarat-based jeweller near Danapur railway station on April 4. The incident occurred under Khagaul police station limits when the employees were travelling in an auto-rickshaw towards Bakerganj while policemen of the town were busy playing a cricket match in Danapur cantonment.

Police recovered 5.79kg of gold ornaments and bars, besides Rs.1.97 lakh cash from their possession. The arrested criminals were identified as -- Santosh Bhagat alias Amarnath Gopi (Mehandiganj), Aditya Giri alias Soni and Sanjay Kumar alias Guddu ( both from Alamg...