Illegal firearms factory busted, 2 arrested
Law enforcers unearth a clandestine firearms factory at a house at Baraikhali village in Morolganj upazila of Bagerhat district early yesterday and arrested two people with arms making materials.Photo: STAR
Police early yesterday busted an illegal firearms manufacturing factory and arrested two persons while assembling arms at Morrelganj. They also recovered a number of arms-making materials from the spot. Following a tip-off, police raided the houses of listed drug peddlers Nayan Talukder and Shamim Talukder and unearthed the arms manufacturing factory, sub-inspector of Morrelganj police station Md Manirul Islam, said. They caught red-handed two persons and seized five incomplete pipe guns and 27 kinds of arms-making equipments from the illegal factory. The arrestees were identified as Khan Zakir Hossain, 35 of Rupsha upazila and Md Abdul Hakim Sheikh, 60 of Batiaghata upazila in Khulna district. Sensing presence of the law enforcers, Nayan and Shamim managed to flee the scene. A case was logged with Morrelganj police station in this connection.
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