BSS, Dhaka :
After a brief gunfight, police yesterday arrested five suspected arms traders along with three illegal firearms and ammunition from Ahulia, on the outskirts of the capital.
The arrestees are: Abul, 45, Jasim, 46, Jahangir, 28, Ratan, 39, and Nuru, 45.
Acting on secret information of arms trading, Dhaka district Detective Branch (DB) of police and Savar circle police raided Adarshagram at Auchpara under Ashulia Police Station around 11.30am, assistant police super of Savar Circle Mohammad Rasel Sheikh told BSS.
The criminals fired one round of bullet at the policemen and in
retaliation they fired five rounds of bullet and at one stage they managed to arrest five of the criminals, he said.
Three foreign made pistols, six magazines, six rounds of bullet were recovered from their possession, he added.
The criminals are now under the custody of DB, he said.
