Jamal, second-in-command of notorious Sumon Bahini, was arrested earlier in the morning in Barisal. On his confessional statement, Rab members raided Sukuchi area in the Sundarbans at about 6:00pm and recovered the arms and ammunition, said Coastguard Commander Abu Taher Golam Mohammad.

A joint team of Rab and Coastguard clashed with the members of Sumon Bahini on the estuary of the Pashur River near Mongla Port on Friday night, leaving three--a coastguard, a Rab member and a pirate--dead.

Several gangs of pirates having dens in the Sundarbans are engaged in looting fishing trawlers in the Bay.