Cox’s Bazar – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a special drive unearthed a gunsmith shop in the dense hilly jungle of Pahartali in Maheshkhali upazila and arrested two people in this connection on Wednesday.Lt Col Ashekur Rahman, company commander of Cox’s Bazar Rab-7, said on information, a Rab team carried out the drive in the forest from 9:00am to 3:00pm and unearthed the gunsmith factory.
The Rab force recovered 22 home made firearms, 22 bullets, and 33 pieces of various gunsmith tools searching the factory.
The Rab members also arrested workers Md Abdul Mabud, 40, son of late Azam Ullah of Munshir Deil village in Pahartali, and Md Abu Taher, 42, son of Kabir Ahmed of Ahammodia Kata village of the upazila, in this connection. – UNB
