Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered several firearms, including a foreign revolver, from a robbers’ hideout during an operation in the remote hilly forest of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district.
However, the frontier force could not detain any criminal.
According to a media release sent from the BGB-64 Battalion in the district on Wednesday, a BGB team launched the operation on Monday evening after being tipped-off about the presence of the robbers in the den in Rangikhali area under Hnila union.
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Sensing the presence of BGB, the robbers managed to flee the scene, reads it.
Later, the BGB personnel recovered one foreign revolver with 21 bullets, one long-barrel single-shot gun with three cartridges and five empty shells, one LG (locally made gun), one one-shooter pistol, 14 rifle rounds, one long machete and two machetes.
A process was underway to hand over the arms and ammos to Teknaf Model Police Station, according to the release.
Efforts were underway to arrest the accused.