Four people have been arrested by a joint force following a gunfight between two groups reportedly over a drug-related dispute in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar.
The operation also led to the recovery of two locally made guns, a gun barrel component, 41 live cartridges and one spent cartridge, police said.
Ukhiya police officer-in-charge Atikur Rahman Majumder confirmed the matter on Thursday (November 12).
The gunfight took place at around 4:30pm on Wednesday in the Bot Toli area of Anjumanpara under Palongkhali union. Police said the two sides exchanged gunfire for about 30 minutes before police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members reached the scene and brought the situation under control.
The arrested men were identified as Mizanur Rahman Mizan, 37, Sakhawat Hossain alias Munna, 27, Arfat Hossain, 22, and Abu Taher, 35, all from the East Farir Bil Bot Toli area of Palongkhali.
OC Atikur said police, BGB and members of SRB-15 conducted a joint operation and arrested the four from the eastern side of Jaker’s fish enclosure in Anjumanpara at around 12:30am on Thursday.
Based on information obtained during interrogation, the law enforcement team later recovered a sack containing the firearms and ammunition from beneath the staircase of an abandoned Anjumanpara Government Primary School at around 1:40am, he said.
The recovered items included two locally made guns, an iron gun-barrel component, 41 live cartridges and one spent cartridge, according to police.
Two cases have been filed with Ukhia Police Station—one under the Arms Act and another under the Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act. SI SM Golam Kibria, in-charge of Balukhali Police Outpost, filed the cases, police said.
The arrested men were sent to court under police escort.
Police said several teams are conducting operations to arrest those who remain at large and recover illegal firearms. The OC added that the law and order situation in the area is currently under control.
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