5 arms recovered from bus at Daulatdia: 8 held

Police yesterday recovered five firearms and 44 bullets from a passenger bus in Daulatdia Ferry Ghat in Rajbari, police said.
Eight people were arrested from the bus on suspicion.
On a tip-off, a team of police stopped a Chittagong-bound bus coming from Khulna at No 1 Ferry Ghat at about 2:00 am.
They searched the bus and found a school bag kept on a seat where there was no passenger.
On search, police recovered one Italian pistol, one revolver, three shutter guns along with 44 bullets.
The arrestees are Sihabuddin, 40, Talat Mahud Choudhury, 29, and Majnu, 39, of Manikganj, Manjur Hossain, 32, Sahidul Islam, 30, of Chittagong and Mahmudur Rahman, 22, Sahidul Islam, 36, and Sazzadul Islam Sazu, 33, of Jessore.
Our Dinajpur Correspondent reports: One person was arrested for possessing a foreign-made revolver and six bullets in Parbatipur upazila Saturday night, police said.
Arrested Md Mahmudul Hasan Biplop, 35, of Fakira Bazaar village was being quizzed till filing of the report yesterday afternoon, they said.