Staff Reporter :
Detectives have arrested nine suspected members of some robbers’ gangs and a fake member of Detective Branch (DB) of Police in Demra and Mirpur areas of the city.
The nine robbers were arrested while they were making preparation for a robbery in Demra area last night, said Devdas Bhattacharya, Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in a briefing at the DMP media centre on Sunday.
Tipped off, a DB team conducted a drive around 11:15pm and arrested five criminals from the spot, the police official said.
The arrestees are Salim Uddin Ahmed alias Sabuj, 35, Rony, 35, Tipu, 24, Bappi, 23, and Salauddin Fakir, 23.
The law enforcers also seized two revolvers, 22 bullets, and recovered eight snatched motorcycles from their possession, he said.
In another drive, another team of detectives arrested four suspected robbers from in front of Ranimohol cinema hall in Demra area around 6:10pm. They are Amzad, Musa, Alamgir and Faruk.
The team also recovered one machete, two daggers, one knife and a pickup van from the spot.
Meanwhile, detectives arrested a fake DB man-Nurul Amin along with two pistols and 10 bullets from West Shewrapara of Mirpur on Saturday night, the police official said.
Separate cases were filed with the police station in this connection, he added.
Detectives have arrested nine suspected members of some robbers’ gangs and a fake member of Detective Branch (DB) of Police in Demra and Mirpur areas of the city.
The nine robbers were arrested while they were making preparation for a robbery in Demra area last night, said Devdas Bhattacharya, Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in a briefing at the DMP media centre on Sunday.
Tipped off, a DB team conducted a drive around 11:15pm and arrested five criminals from the spot, the police official said.
The arrestees are Salim Uddin Ahmed alias Sabuj, 35, Rony, 35, Tipu, 24, Bappi, 23, and Salauddin Fakir, 23.
The law enforcers also seized two revolvers, 22 bullets, and recovered eight snatched motorcycles from their possession, he said.
In another drive, another team of detectives arrested four suspected robbers from in front of Ranimohol cinema hall in Demra area around 6:10pm. They are Amzad, Musa, Alamgir and Faruk.
The team also recovered one machete, two daggers, one knife and a pickup van from the spot.
Meanwhile, detectives arrested a fake DB man-Nurul Amin along with two pistols and 10 bullets from West Shewrapara of Mirpur on Saturday night, the police official said.
Separate cases were filed with the police station in this connection, he added.
