Savar, Feb. 5 -- Joint forces in a drive arrested three people including a former Jubo Dal leader along with a large cache of locally made weapons from Ashulia area in Savar early Thursday.

The arrestees were identified as Jahangir Alam Mandal, former joint secretary general of Dhaka district unit Jubo Dal, Swapan and Faizul.

Tipped off, a team of police and army personnel, conducted a drive in Balibhadra Talpotti area and arrested them, said Rubel Hawladar, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station.

They also recovered huge locally made sharp weapons and crude bomb-like objects from their possession, he said.

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