Chittagong police recovered 33 teargas shells in a plastic bag from a drainnear Jamiatul Falah Jame Moshjid in the port city, Thursday, at around 12:30pm.
Police said, among the teargas shells one of them was used and the rest had been date expired back in 2011.
Law enforcers suspecting that the unidentified individuals, who might have been involved in criminal activity, were planning on using them in acts of subversion.
Majibur Rahman, Sub Inspector of Kotwali police station, said the shells found did not belong to Bangladesh police.
Official police teargas shells have a ‘Bangladesh Police’ seal on their body, he added.
Mirza Saiem Mahmud, assistant commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police, told the Dhaka Tribune that the actual name of the material was “Gas gun” and those were made in Italy.
He added that they have been investigating this incident.
