Police arrested a man and seized a local pistol, a magazine, and two rounds of ammunition from an engine-driven chicken carrying van in Benapole on Friday night.
The arrestee was identified as Miaraj Gain, 27, son of Sirajul Gain of Shankarpur village under Krishnanagar union in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira district.
Benapole Port Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Arshaf Hossain confirmed the arrest on Saturday morning, said that the drive was conducted around 11:00 p.m. on Friday in front of Tonima Filling Station on the Jashore-Benapole Highway.
Acting on secret information that a youth was transporting arms toward Kaliganj in a chicken-carrying van, a police team set up a checkpoint at the filling station, intercepted the vehicle, and recovered the arms and ammunition from Miaraj.
A case has been filed against the suspect, and he was produced before a Jashore court on Saturday afternoon, the OC added.