The law enforcers on Sunday detained five Rohingyas with weapons and yaba pills in a joint operation at Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar.
The detainees are Nur Kamal, a listed criminal, Osman, Akter Hossain, and warranted criminals Fayez and Md Abul Kalam.
A joint team of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and district police seized a homemade one-shooter gun, one round of ammunition and 122 pieces of yaba pills from their possessions, according to a press release issued by 14-APBn Captain Naimul Haque.
They were involved in various crimes including intimidation, extortion and kidnapping of Rohingyas in the Rohingya camp area, said the press release.
The detainees were later handed over to the Ukhiya police station.