Top-listed arms dealer arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged top-listed arms trader with two firearms and ammunition in the Rajshahi metropolis Sunday night.

The arrested was identified as Nahin Sultan, 23, son of Salah Uddin of Dharampur village under Motiher Police Station in the metropolis, RAB sources said Monday afternoon. 

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force (RAB-5) conducted a drive in the Dharampur area at around 2:30 am and arrested him. 

The RAB team also seized one foreign pistol and one-shooter gun, one magazine, bullets, five sharpened knives and one axe from his possession.

Another RAB team arrested Zahidul Islam, 35, son of Hayat Ali with 400 grams of heroin after conducting a raid in Shibpur area under Durgapur upazila in the district around 6:30 on Sunday.

Another team of the elite force arrested another alleged drug-paddler identified as Ismail Hossain, 43, son of Abdul Karim, with 1.9 kilograms of ganja red-handed from Bazrapur area under Paba upazila in the district at around 6:30 pm on Sunday.

Three separate cases were recorded with the police stations concerned in these connections and the arrested persons, along with the seized illegal goods, were handed over to the police.

/MHK/