Man held with firearm, ammunition in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged top-listed firearms trader with a firearm and ammunition in the city last night.

RAB sources said the arrested person was identified as Ratan, 30, son of late Rekat Ali of Baliadanga village of Charghat upazila in the district, said the RAB sources here this morning.

On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive at Helalpur area under Bagha upazila in the district around 10.30 pm and arrested Ratan with a foreign made pistol, one magazine and two bullets.

The RAB team detained the person for his long-term involvement in firearms trading and trafficking. He was an absconder of various criminal cases, including robbery, arms, kidnapping and drugs, for a long time.

A case was filed with Bagha Police Station in this connection and the arrested person along with the seized firearm and ammunition was handed over to police this morning. (BSS)