Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged top-listed firearms trader with ten one-shooter guns in the district here last night.
The arrested was identified as Abdur Rashid, 36, son of Aynul Rashid of Paksey area under Iswardi Police Station in Pabna district, RAB sources said this noon.
On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive at Alaipur area under Bagha upazila in the district around 4.30 am and arrested him. The operation team recovered ten one-shooter guns from his possession, according to the RAB sources.
The RAB team nabbed the person for his long involvement in firearms and drugs trading and trafficking.
A case was recorded with Bagha Police Station in this connection and the arrested person, along with the seized firearms were handed over to police, the sources added.
