Arms seized, 2 held
Police yesterday arrested two arms peddlers and recovered two foreign-made pistols and nine bullets near Eidgah area of the city. The arrestees were identified as Anik Hossain Feroj, 26, son of Abdul Khalek of Savar upazila of Dhaka and Sherul Banerjee Dcosta, son of Shamol D'costa of Gouronadi upazila of Barisal district. Officer-in-charge of Fatullah model police station Jibon Kanti Sarker said when police were patrolling near the Eidgah area early yesterday they saw a rickshaw was running faster apparently to flee the scene. At this police stopped the rickshaw and searched the two passengers and recovered two pistols and nine bullets from their possession.
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