SARGODHA: Police arrested five persons on Wednesday and recovered narcotics and illegal weapons from them.

The police said that the teams of different police stations recovered 2.4-kg hashish, two guns of 12-bore and a pistol of 30-bore from them. The accused were identified as Muhammad Yusaf, Ali Raza, Bilal Ahmed, Aurangzeb and Zulfiqar Ali. The police registered separate cases and started investigation.