Hyderabad: Three notorious criminals who are allegedly involved in a spate of robbery cases here were arrested by the Kulsumpura police on Saturday, December 28.

The accused persons have been identified as Syed Abul Hasan, 32; Syed Taleb Ali, 23 and Saif Ali Mirza, 19.

According to deputy commissioner of police (DCP) for south west zone G Chandra Mohan, on December 24, the trio threatened a labourer with a knife and robbed his phone and motorcycle at the 100 feet road Kulsumpura.

Following a complaint by the labourer, R Krishna, a case was booked and a search operation was launched. After four days, the police finally caught Hasan, Ali and Mirza.

Two motorcycles, a country-made pistol with two live bullets 11 mobile phones, two knives and a knuckle duster were seized.