Top-listed arms dealer held in Rajshahi

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged top-listed firearms trader with twofirearms in the district Sunday night.

The arrested was identified as Muhammad Alamin, 26, son of late Solainman Ali of Yazpur village under Godagari upazila of the district, RAB sources said Monday noon.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force (RAB-5) conducted a drive in Alaipur area under Bagha upazila around 10.30 pm and arrested him.

The RAB team also seized one foreign pistol and one-shooter gun from his possession. 

A case was filed with Bagha Police Station in this connection and the arrested person, along with the seized illegal goods, was handed over to the police.

/MHK/