Four held in Ukhiya with firearms, sharp weapons, ammunition and walkie-talkies

❐ District Correspondent

Joint forces have arrested three people with automatic weapons, ammunition and walkie-talkies in the border area of ​​Ukhia Upazila in Cox’s Bazar.

The operation was conducted in the Balukhali Rahmater Beel area of ​​Palangkhali Union, Ukhia Upazila, on the morning of Wednesday, February 11.

A foreign pistol, two single-barrel guns, a one-shooter, a hammer, two machetes, two walkie-talkie sets, four rounds of pistol bullets, 69 rounds of AK-21 bullets, three cartridges, and 13 rounds of rifle bullets were recovered in the operation.

The arrested persons are Nurul Amin (32), son of Azizul Haque, a resident of Balukhali village in Palangkhali union, Jane Alam (35), son of Ahmed of Rahmater Bil village in the same union, and Sohel Rana (26), son of Shafiq Ahmed of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Municipality.

Ukhia Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nur Ahmed confirmed the matter and said that the three detainees have been handed over to the police station and a case has been filed against them under the Arms Act.

Meanwhile, local weapons and cartridges were recovered in a raid by the army in Cox’s Bazar Sadar Upazila on Tuesday. At the same time, a young man was arrested on charges of conspiring to frame a journalist in a false case using the recovered weapons.

The arrested youth has been identified as Maruf Hasan Tahsin. Based on intelligence information, a special team from the Cox’s Bazar Sadar Army Camp conducted a raid in the South Dikkul area of ​​Sadar Upazila and recovered two country-made weapons and two cartridges from near a house.