Three listed arms peddlers have been detained by police with a two-barrel gun in Chittagong city early Saturday.
They were arrested from a room of a residential hotel in Chittagong city’s Chamrar Gudam area.
The arrestees are Mansur Ali, Mohiuddin and Kamrul Islam.
They were staying at the room for selling the gun while police detained them in guise of arms buyers, said Assistant Commissioner (AC) Shah Mohammad Abdur of Kotwali circle in Chittagong Metropolitan Police.
He said a team from Kotwali police station had arrested the trio from room number 124 of Al Imam Hotel after conducting drive around 12:30am following on a tip-off.
An arms case was lodged with Kotwali police station in this connection accusing the three, added the AC.