(Rab) tossed in the clink two people as they were out to sell firearms at Napitkhula Battala Bazar in Lama upazila of Bandarban yesterday.Arrested Ilias, 35, of Dakkhingona in Cox's Bazar, and Kayes Mia, 22, of Ramu upazila of the same district, are involved in gunrunning for long, said Abdur Rahman, deputy assistant director of Rab-7.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-7 led by Captain Sheikhar Roy conducted a raid at the bazar and nabbed the two as they were going to sell three light guns (LG) and a single-barrel gun, Rab sources said.
The suspected buyers decamped the spot sensing Rab presence while the arrestees and the recovered firearms were handed over to police.
Two arms cases -- one with Ramu and another with Sadar cop shoppes in Cox's Bazar -- were filed in this connection.