Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged top-listed firearms trader with two firearms in the district on Friday night.
The arrested was identified Muhammad Saquib, 32, son of Sirajul Islam of Halidagachhi village and Charghat upazila in the district, RAB sources said this afternoon. On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in Shibpur Hat area under Puthiya upazila of the district around 9.30 pm and arrested Saquib.
The operation team recovered two one-shooter guns from his possession, according to the RAB sources.The RAB team detained the person for his long involvement in firearms and drugs trading and trafficking.
A case was recorded with Puthiya Police Station in this connection and the arrested person, along with the seized firearms were handed over to police, the sources added.