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Man held with firearms in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, May 27, 2021 (BSS) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged firearm-trader with two firearms and ammunition in Rajshahi last night.
According to the RAB sources, the arrested person was identified as Rubel Sarker, 23, son of Bablu Sarker, of Noapara area under Gurusadpur Upazila in Natore district.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in Nowdapara area under Shahmukhdum Police Station around 9.10 pm and arrested the person with a pistol, a one-shooter gun, one magazine and two rounds of bullets red-handed.
The RAB team nabbed the person for his alleged long-term involvement in firearms trading and trafficking.
Besides, another RAB team arrested an alleged drug-peddler with 18 bottles of foreign wine after conducting a raid in Rajshahi Main Gate area under Matiher Police Station in the city on Wednesday.
The arrested person was identified as Hatem Ali, 35, son of Hassan Ali of Tegri village under Nandigram Upazila in Bogura district.
Two separate cases were filed in these connections and the arrested persons along with the seized firearms and other goods were handed over to police.
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