Members of RAB-5, in a raid recovered thousands of detonators and arrested three hardcore leaders of JMB including Rajshahi divisional chief of the banned party Shafiullah alias Tarik from Natore district last night. Based on a tip off, a RAB operation team arrested Shafiullah alias Tarik, son of Abdur Rahman of village Itagachha under Bakli post office of Satkhira district, from Natore station area around 10 pm. Shafiullah admitted to the RAB members that he is the Rajshahi divisional chief of JMB. During interrogation, Shafiullah confessed that 5,000 electronic detonators were smuggled from India by the JMB operators and kept to Tariqul, son of Amjad Ali of village Boarmari school para under Godagari thana of Rajshahi district. Shafiullah further stated that Tariqul was in charge of smuggling the explosives from India inside the country. Based on his statement, another team of RAB conducted raid in Boarmari village with Shafiullah and arrested Tariqul from that village. During questioning, Tariqul admitted that a huge quantity of explosives have been kept stored at an abandoned poultry farm of one Ataur Rahman of Motherpur village under the same thana. RAB recovered 1,000 electronic detonators from that farm. During further quizzing, Tariqul admitted that he had given some 4,000 detonators to one Rezaul, son of Ataur Rahman of Boarmari village. RAB members went to the house of Rezaul with Tariqul and Shafiullah when Rezaul admitted of storing those detonators and dug out 3,978 electronic detonators kept in a gunny bag from under the earth at Char Nichu Boiramari area. RAB arrested Shafiullah, Tariqul and Rezaul in this connection.