Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged top-listed firearms trader with a foreign pistol and ammunition in Rajshahi city on Sunday.
The arrested was identified as Maznu Ahmed, 40, son of Mokshed Ali of Vayaluxmipur village under Charghat upazila in the district, RAB sources said here this afternoon.
He is Director of a coaching centre at Upashahar area under Boalia Police Station in the city, the sources added.
On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive at Upashahar Primary School area around 13.15 pm and arrested Maznu.
The operation team recovered a foreign made pistol with three rounds of bullets, 144 pieces of yaba tablets and 50 crystal ices from his possession, according to the RAB sources.
The RAB team detained the person for his long-term involvement in firearms and drugs trading and trafficking.
A case was filed with Boalia Police Station in this connection and the arrested person, along with the seized goods, was handed over to police, the sources added.
