The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Bagerhat

Police in a drive recovered a fake arms factory at Paschim Sonalikhali village in Morelganj upazila Sunday afternoon and seized a foreign-made firearm, ammunition and arms making materials from the factory.

Police said local people held a miscreant, Masum Sheikh, at Putikhali in the upazila Saturday night and handed over him to the police.

Later, as per his confessional statement police raided Sonalikhali bazar in the afternoon and arrested arms manufacturer Enayet Khan.

According to Enayet's statement police unearthed the arms factory and recovered one firearm, ammunition and arms making materials from the factory and his cowshed.

The recovered materials include a foreign-made revolver, 101 bullets, eight gun-butts, 10 barrels, 30 springs of gun, four triggers, a drill machine and two gas cylinders and three iron cutting machines.

Police said Enayet had long been supplying firearms among the local terrorists and forest bandits.

A case was filed.