8 'robbers' held over RMG items looting
Police yesterday arrested eight robbers who used to loot garment items from covered vans on highways.
Shamsu alias Shamsu, Humayun Kabir, Shahin Rana, Shahin, Faruq, Humayun, Sayed Bhuyan and Mosharaf were arrested in the capital and Lakshmipur.
Following a case filed by Shanin Group, police recovered their covered van, which was hijacked with 10,000 shirts, worth Tk 63 lakh, from Jatrabari on January 20, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police at a press briefing.
Police later recovered the looted products from a buying house named SS Enterprise in Uttara. The warehouse owner, Sayman, is absconding. The gang used to send the looted items to abroad. Maksud Mahmud, an expatriate in Dubai, is the mastermind behind the robbery, police added.
Comments