Counter-terrorism police arrest four alleged traders of illegal arms
UNB
Publish : 01 Nov 2021, 09:10 PMUpdate : 01 Nov 2021, 09:11 PM
Counter-terrorism police have arrested four people on charge of being involved in illegal arms trade and seized five firearms and 301 rounds of bullets from them in a raid in Sayedabad bus stand area in Dhaka.
The arrests were made by Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC).
The arrestees have been identified as Md Hossain, Lal Tan Pankhoa, Md Ali Akbar, and Md Adilur Rahman Sujan.
Briefing reporters at the DMP media centre yesterday, CTTC Chief Additional Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman said they had information that some people were in front of Shyamali Paribahan bus counter 6 at Sayedabad Bus Stand under Jatrabari police station to buy and sell illegal weapons.
Based on the information, Anti-Illegal Arms and Canine Team of Special Action Group under the CTTC unit conducted the drive at around 6:50pm on Sunday and arrested the four arms dealers along with the illegal arms and bullets, he said.
He said that Hossain and Lal Tan used to collect arms from various arms dealers and supply them to different places in Chittagong including various terrorist groups in Cox's Bazar area through Akbar and Adilur.
Lal Tan used to smuggle arms from Mizoram in India through Rangamati Barkal border and sell them in Dhaka and Cox's Bazar areas including the hilly areas of Bangladesh. At different times, he travelled with Hossain to different parts of the country to buy and sell illegal weapons, ther CTTC unit chief said.
He said that Akbar and Adilur Rahman were close associates of Hossain and they had been buying illegal weapons from Hossain for a long time to sell them to various terrorist groups and individuals.
A case under the Arms Act has been filed against the arrested with Jatrabari police station.
Counter-terrorism police arrest four alleged traders of illegal arms
Counter-terrorism police have arrested four people on charge of being involved in illegal arms trade and seized five firearms and 301 rounds of bullets from them in a raid in Sayedabad bus stand area in Dhaka.
The arrests were made by Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC).
The arrestees have been identified as Md Hossain, Lal Tan Pankhoa, Md Ali Akbar, and Md Adilur Rahman Sujan.
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Briefing reporters at the DMP media centre yesterday, CTTC Chief Additional Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman said they had information that some people were in front of Shyamali Paribahan bus counter 6 at Sayedabad Bus Stand under Jatrabari police station to buy and sell illegal weapons.
Based on the information, Anti-Illegal Arms and Canine Team of Special Action Group under the CTTC unit conducted the drive at around 6:50pm on Sunday and arrested the four arms dealers along with the illegal arms and bullets, he said.
He said that Hossain and Lal Tan used to collect arms from various arms dealers and supply them to different places in Chittagong including various terrorist groups in Cox's Bazar area through Akbar and Adilur.
Lal Tan used to smuggle arms from Mizoram in India through Rangamati Barkal border and sell them in Dhaka and Cox's Bazar areas including the hilly areas of Bangladesh. At different times, he travelled with Hossain to different parts of the country to buy and sell illegal weapons, ther CTTC unit chief said.
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He said that Akbar and Adilur Rahman were close associates of Hossain and they had been buying illegal weapons from Hossain for a long time to sell them to various terrorist groups and individuals.
A case under the Arms Act has been filed against the arrested with Jatrabari police station.