Mangaluru: Alert Ullal police thwarted an attempt of highway robbery by a gang on December 15 at Talapady.
The arrested are Yahiya(26) resident of Kotekar, Mohammed Fayaz(19) resident of Talapady and Abdul Thousif(19) resident of Kuthar.
It is gathered that the accused were plotting to rob the commuters after waylaying their vehicles along the National Highway.
Ullal police inspector Gopikrishna and team was successful in arresting the accused.
Police also confiscated lethal weapons, chilly powder from the accused and all three accused have been booked under IPC section 399,402.
The accused have the cases like theft, assault, threatening, murder attempts in the Vittal, Mangaluru North police, Puttur police stations registered against them.