10 pirates arrested
Ajmiriganj police in a three-hour long drive arrested 10 pirates and recovered looted valuables at Gordair village in Mitamoin upazila on Wednesday morning. The arrestees were identified as Rois Mia, 48, Jamal, 22, Maksud, 55, Fazlu 35, Majnu, 35, Idris, 30, Joynal, 38, while the identity of three other pirates could not be known immediately. All of them hailed form Gordair village in Mitamoin upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Ajmiriganj police with the help of Mitamoin police raided the village and arrested the pirates at about 7:00am along with the looted valuables. Police said a gang of pirates swooped on the boat of Shahjahan Mia of Kamalpur village in Ajmiriganj upazila while he was returning home after shopping and looted valuables on July 17. Later, Shahjahan Mia filed a case with the local police station.
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