KOHAT: The city police recovered a cache of illegal weapons from a shop in Bannu Bazaar here and arrested the owner during a raid on Tuesday.
SHO Hamayun Khan said the raiding team seized 12 pistols, six shotguns, a rifle and 19 chargers. He said shop owner, Mudassar Iqbal had smuggled the arms from Darra Adamkhel. The police registered a case against him.
In a separate development, the cantonment police arrested six persons and recovered illegal weapons and drugs from the car they were travelling in on the Ublan Road on Tuesday.
SHO Amjid Hussain said the seizure included a Kalashnikov, a pistol and cartridges, and three kilogrammes of hashish.