As many as five suspects were arrested during joint operations conducted by Frontier Corps (FC) and police in Hadda and its adjoining areas here on Tuesday.
FC spokesman told the media persons that the operations were held on a tip-off received from the secret agency about the presence of criminal elements in the areas.
The spokesman said that the detainees were involved in heinous crimes while forces also claimed to have confiscated a huge cache of weapons from their possession.
Police said that the nabbed persons could not produce national identity cards or any material for their identification. The interrogation of the arrested men was underway.