More arms, ammo found in Satchhari

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UNB, Dhaka :The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday morning again recovered a huge cache of firearms and ammunition from a jungle at Satchhari, near the Indian border, in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district.RAB headquarters sources said, a team of RAB-9 launched a special drive at Konimura in the reserve forest early Tuesday and recovered the firearms and ammunition from there till Wednesday morning.However, the amount of firearms and ammunition recovered could not be known yet.All the firearms and ammunition were packed in containers. Earlier, the RAB team recovered huge amounts of firearm and ammunition two times from the same forest. On September 2, the elite force recovered nine SMG, one SNC, one beta gun, one auto rifle, six SLRs, two LMGs, one slipper stereoscope sight and 2,400 rounds of bullet from Satchhari reserve forest. All the firearms and ammunition were packed in containers. On June 3, the elite force first recovered huge arms and ammunition from the Satchhari reserve forest. The recovered firearms included some 200 rocket launchers, huge anti-tank explosives, mortar shells, and chargers of rocket launchers.

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