India, Jan. 28 -- Three people including a staffer at a blood bank were arrested by the Jaipur Rural police on Monday for stealing 255 units of blood collected at blood donation camp in Didwana's Makrana, police said on Tuesday.

The three suspects had struck a deal to sell the blood to a blood bank in Sawai Madhopur about 300km away but were intercepted by the Jobner police when they were crossing Jaipur district.

Deputy superintendent of police, Jobner circle, Priyanka Vaishnav, said the three were arrested in Jobner after they were caught with 255 units of blood pouches stuffed in seven cartons.

"When we questioned them, it was found that they were coming from a blood donation camp which was organised in Makrana on Monday. They had s...