The Special Task Force of Haryana police has recovered a huge quantity of weapons from a car near a village on Ambala-Chandigarh road last night. Police said, the STF team also arrested five persons, belonging to Jind and Jhajjar districts of Haryana, in this connection. They have been identified as Mukesh, Ramphal, Sultan, Rajender and Dharmender. A case has been registered against them in Baldev Nagar Police Station and they are being interrogated. Following a tip-off, the STF team led by Sub Inspector Rajbir Singh searched the car and recovered one 9 mm carbine, four 9 mm pistols, two country-made pistols of 315 bore, two magazines, nine cartridges of 315 bore pistols and 50 cartridges of 9 mm pistols.

The seizure comes days after Ambala and Delhi police recovered five kg of RDX from a car which was stationed in the parking at Ambala Cantonment.