Police arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami man with explosives, bomb-making materials and sharp weapons from Satkahania Upazila, Chittagong early on Sunday.
The man was held in possession of 400g of gunpowder, 2kg lead, three machetes and a saw from Chaumohoni area around 2am, police said.
Satkania police Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Shahjahan confirmed the arrest and the haul. However, he could not give the name of the arrestee in initial reports.
The man was shown arrested in a case of recent violence on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway.
Meanwhile, 26 more activists of Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir were arrested in a separate post-midnight drive, the official said.
They were also shown arrested over recent violence cases.
16 arrested in Sitakundu
About 16 activists of the main opposition BNP and its key ally Jamaat were detained from Sitakundu upazila in an overnight drive.
Sitakundu police OC Iftekharuzzaman confirmed the arrests made over recent violence cases.
The arrests were made during a nationwide crackdown of violence ahead of the January 5 national elections where BNP will not be joining.