HANGU: The police arrested eight criminals, including five proclaimed offenders, in search and strike operation launched in the jurisdiction of the City Police Station on Thursday, official sources said. They said that the police launched search and strike operation in Khwaja Muhammad, Togh Serai and Kahi areas and arrested five outlaws and three drug-peddlers. The police also recovered a Kalashnikov, two guns, four pistols, 180 cartridges and five kilograms narcotics.