3 'arms dealers' held with pistols, ammunition at Benapole border
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3 'arms dealers' held with pistols, ammunition at Benapole border

3 'arms dealers' held with pistols, ammunition at Benapole border


Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested  three suspected arms dealers along with 11 Pistol, 22 magazines, 50 rounds of ammunition and 14 kg of hemp at Ghiba border under Benapole Port Police Station on Saturday.

According to the BGB, a patrol team from Raghunathpur camp conducted a drive in the border area and arrested them.

The arms were later seized from a bag they were carrying and the 14 kg of hemp from another sack.

The arrested trio are Anarul Biswas, 34, son of Shahid Biswas of Sarbanghuda village under Benapole Port Police Station, Alamgir Hossain, 40, son of Sabed Ali and Sajjul Islam, 35, son of Ajibar Rahman of the same village.

Commanding officer Lt. Col. Selim Reza of Jashore BGB-49 battalion confirmed this.

In primary investigation, the arrestees confessed their longstanding involvement in the arms trade.

They were handed over to Benapole Port Police Station after filing of a case

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