Dhaka, Aug. 31 -- Army personnel have busted an arms manufacturing factory at Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram and arrested four suspected criminals along with arms.

Tipped off, joint force members led by Lt Col Ismail Sams Azizi, commander of Sindukchhari Zone under Guimara Region's 20 Field Regiment Artillery, conducted the drive on Saturday night and arrested them.

The seized arms included six locally-made firearms, 35 empty cartridges, five live cartridges, one Chinese axe, 20 machetes, two walkie-talkies with a charger, a megaphone, and various other equipment used in making arms.

The detainees were Kamrul Hasan Redwan, 50, son of Fayez Ahmed of Banshkhali in Chattogram, Md Ashik, 25, son of Md Morshed of Salimpur in Si...