Dhaka, July 28 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested five individuals along with firearms and locally made weapons in the Kaijla area of Ramkantapur in Rajbari Sadar upazila.

The recovered firearms included a foreign cut rifle, a single-barrel gun and three locally made one-shooter guns.

In a press release issued by the Faridpur RAB camp on Monday afternoon, the force said it conducted the raid on Sunday based on a tip-off.

During the operation, RAB searched the residences of Aslam Sardar, 40, and Md Bahadur Biswas, 58, and recovered the firearms.

At that time, the elite force arrested the duo and three others from the spot.

The other arrestees are Md Ibrahim Sheikh, 44, of Dauki, Md Faisal Chowdhury alias Farid, 37, of Ma...