ABBOTTABAD, May 26: Police on Thursday night arrested three burglars who had broken into the house of a lawyer in Usmanabad near Ayub Medical College.

Four burglars had entered the home of Arshad Jadoon in the night, locked members of his family in one room and started collecting jewellery and other valuables. The neighbours grew suspicious when they heard the commotion and called police who arrested three of the robbers after an exchange of fire with them.