11 criminals held with arms, ammo
Police arrested 11 criminals and seized arms and ammunition and drugs from their possession in separate drives in Jessore town and Benapole area on Tuesday midnight.
The seized items are 12 firearms, seven bullets, 25 cocktails and 1,000 bottles of phensidyl, official sources said.
The law enforcers raided Mainpara area in the town at midnight and arrested local criminal Khaleq. They seized a shutter gun, two pipeguns and four cartridges from him.
In another drive, police arrested criminals Nurunnabi and Zinnat and recovered a 9MM pistol, a shutter gun, three bullets and 10 cocktails from their possession.
They also found a shutter gun, two pipeguns and 15 cocktails in abandoned condition in Chanchra and Laldighi areas of the town.
Some 1,000 bottles of phensidyl were seized and a drug peddler, Ramzan, was arrested at Chanchra Roypara in the town.
In Benapole, the law enforcers arrested seven criminals with four firearms and three bullets.
The arrestees are Yusuf Ali, Jahangir Hossain, Alamgir Hossain, Akkas Ali, Alauddin, Ayub Ali and Sumon.
The officer-in-charge of Benapole Police Station said they launched a drive with the help of Sharsha police and arrested the criminals along with the firearms and bullets.
“They were wanted in a number of criminal cases,” he said.
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