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Large cache of weapons recovered in Sherpur
[Dhaka Tribune] RAB has recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from Sherpur's Nalitabari upazila, saying that the weapons were similar to those found during a drive in Satchari of Habiganj in 2014.Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan, spokesperson for the Rapid Action Battalion  , told a press briefing that a team from RAB 5 made the find during an operation early yesterday near the border with India.The recovered weapons cache included one anti-aircraft gun base, 22,000 heavy machine-gun bullets, 17,000 SMG bullets, a large number of bullets, two anti-aircraft spare barrel, two heavy machine gun, five machine gun spare barrel, one spare target sight, two sniper rifles, one AK-56, one 7.62mm pistol, 20 MG drum, different types of machines for cleaning rifles, five satellite phones and short- and long-range walkie-talkies. Asked whether the weapons cache belonged to any international terrorist organization, the RAB commander said it was not possible to comment without further investigation. He added that the drive was still not over and. RAB officials were tipped off before yesterday's raid at Chengbeng area in Poragaon union. The firearms and ammos were stored in at least four spots in the hills of the area. A RAB source told the Dhaka Tribune that information provided by four persons detained in Rajshahi on Sunday had led to the Sherpur drive, led by RAB 5 Commanding Officer Lt Col Mahabub Alam and Company Commander Mobashwer Hossain Khan. Sherpur has a history of weapons being stored by criminals in the area. In 2012, a large number of bullets and AK-47 rifles were recovered from a village in Nalitabari. In 2010, police seized around 13,000 rifle bullets from Sherpur's Jhenaigati upazila; a few months earlier, the same number of rifles were recovered from Bakakura Gucchagram of Sherpur's Jhenaigati Upazila. Between 2007 and 2011, around 50,000 bullets, rockets, land mines and weapons were found in Jhenaigati's border areas near India. Posted by: Fred 2016-02-02 |
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