Police arrest twelve criminals in capital

The Detective Branch of Police produces 12 criminals and 10 firearms and bullets before the media at a press briefing in DMP Media Centre in the capital yesterday. The detectives arrested the criminals and recovered the arms from different parts of the city on Monday night and early yesterday. Photo: Star

Police arrested 12 people on charges of illegal firearm trading, carjacking, mugging and drug peddling and recovered 10 firearms and 61 bullets from their possession in separate drives in different parts of the capital on Monday night and early yesterday.
According to the Detective Branch (DB) of Police, the arrestees told them that more gangs are active in firearms trafficking in the city ahead of the parliamentary polls.
The detectives added that several DB teams have been trying to arrest the firearms traders.
At a press briefing in Dhaka Metropolitan Police Media Centre yesterday, DMP Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam told reporters that a team of detectives arrested firearms traders Kamal Hossain alias Double Silencer Kamal, 37, and Kabir Hossain, 38, in Siddique Bazar of Bangshal on Monday night.
The detectives recovered two revolvers, a foreign pistol and 24 bullets from them.
Following information provided by the arrestees, the DB team carried out a raid in Dholaikhal area and arrested Israfil, 40, Shahrukh Talukder, 42, and Shamsul Alam alias Shimul, 35, and recovered a pistol, 18 bullets and a magazine from their possession.
"The arrestees used to collect firearms and supply those to criminals with political affiliations in and outside the capital," Monirul said.
The detectives suspected that the arms might be used to create anarchy before the general polls.
Rejecting the alleged relation between firearms traders and law enforcers, Monirul said, "We need to arrest law enforcers with firearms as evidence to take action against them."
In another drive in Mohammadpur area, DB police arrested carjackers Md Shamim, 30, Suman Chowdhury, 35, Masud Rana alias Alam, 32, and Ariful Islam and recovered a pistol, four bullets and two machetes from them.
Combing the Basabo Railway Workshop area early yesterday, detectives arrested two muggers -- Kamal Rasel and Millu Rasel -- with three pistols, a shutter gun and nine bullets and a machete.
Another DB team arrested a female drug dealer, Farjana Aktar, 25, with a foreign pistol and four bullets from West Rampura on Monday evening. Five cases were filed.