One held with firearm, explosives at Nachole

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man with a foreign made pistol, two magazines, three bullets and 1.12 kg of explosives from Nachole upazila of the district last night.

The arrested person was identified as Md. Ibrahim Shilal, 30, a resident of Kusumba union under Manda upazila in Naogaon district.

On a tip off, an operation team of RAB-5 conducted a raid at Hakroil village of the upazila at 9 pm and arrested Ibrahim with the arm, ammunition and explosives, a RAB official said.

Later the arrested person was handed over to the police of Nachole Police Station. (BSS)