Joint forces in a drive arrested 35 people including suspected drug peddler "Picchi Raza" from Geneva Camp in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Sunday.
According to an ISPR press release, the joint forces comprising RAB, police and army personnel conducted the drive in Geneva Camp and seized arms and drugs.
The drive was conducted days after a gunfight between two groups that left a man killed in the Geneva Camp.
The seized arms include two pistols, 20 bullets, six axes, 39 knives, 16 sharp weapons, eight machetes, 12 packets of splinters, 53 petrol bombs and 50 helmets.
"Pichchi Raza" and his followers were allegedly involved in drug business and a gunfight between two gangs in the Geneva Camp with arms looted from local police on August 5, 2024.