Police have held an alleged robber with a wheat-laden truck in Doyarampur area under Bagatipara upazila of Natore early Saturday.
The arrestee was identified as Mahbubul, 32, son of Abdul Monnaf of Barbaria village in the district.
Police also rescued truck driver Abdul Gafur, son of Ashraf Ali and his helper Uzzal, son of Nayeb Ali of village Shahjahanpur of Bogra, they were tied up with ropes by the robbers.
Abdul Motaleb, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Bagatipara police station said a wheat-laden truck (Dhaka metro-TA-18-1209) was bound for Bogra from Narayanganj on Friday night.
On the way, some five to six passengers got onto the truck disguised as robbers from Joydebpur-Chourasta area.
While it reached the Padma crossing of Sirajganj, the robbers took the control of the steering after they tied the hands of the driver and the helper with ropes.
When the robbers reached Doyarampur area of Bagatipara upazila early Saturday, some of the robbers got down from the truck.
During the time, the driver jumped onto them after untying his hands using a trick.
Seeing the matter, locals rushed to the spot and detained one of the robbers.
However, the rest of the robbers managed to flee from the scene.
On information, a team of Bagatipara police rushed to the spot and arrested the detained robber.
They also seized the truck and rescued its driver and helper.