Border Guard Bangladesh has filed a case against 23 Rohingyas for infiltrating into Bangladesh with arms and weapons.
Ukhiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Shamim Hossain confirmed the matter.
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BGB members detained them with 12 firearms, 868 rounds of bullets and ammunition on Friday and then handed over to police. Then BGB filed a case with Ukhiya police station under the Arms Act, said the OC.
The arrestees were produced before Cox’s Bazar Judicial Magistrate’s court on Saturday.
A 10-day remand will be sought for further investigation and to know why the Rohingyas entered Bangladesh with arms, said the OC.