Five persons were today arrested on charges of manufacturing arms illegally at Taufir Diara area under Mufassil police station of Munger district, police said.
Acting on a tip off, a police team raided a place and arrested five persons - Ali Azam, Mohammed Wasim, Mohammed Mahatab, Mohammed Anis and Inzamamul - for manufacturing pistols illegally.
The team seized five pistols and 20 magazines from them, the police said.
All the arrested were being interrogated.
