Five Russians whose ages ranged from 22 to 33 were arrested by Headquarters detectives led by Det. Sub-Insp. P. T. Konovaloff yesterday morning at their hide-out on Dent Road in the Wayside district.
Surrounded by ruins of building Which were destroyed in the fighting last year the five prisoners were seized in a house which had been untouched by the hostilities, When the detectives arrived at the house one of the men was seen to be asleep outside the residence with a jemmy clasped in his arms. It was afterwards learned that this man was the look-out although it took the police ten minutes to wake him up.
Inside the house the four other men were arrested and a quantity of telephone cable seized, along with burg-Jars' tools. All the men have police records, the eldest of the party possessing a record of 20 previous convictions. They will appear in court today.
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