RAB busts arms factory in Cox’s Bazar; 3 Rohingyas held
PBC News: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) busted an arms manufacturing factory at Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar district early Monday and detained three Rohingyas alongwith arms.
The detained persons are: Baitullah, 19, Habib Ullah, 32, and Hasan, 24, residents of Kutupalong Rohingya Camp under the upazila.
Acting on information, the elite force conducted a drive in the arms manufacturing factory into a deep hill in the camp and detained them with five pistols, five guns and a huge amount of arms manufacturing materials.
RAB-15 company commander Lt Col Khairul Islam confirmed the matter.
The workshop was being used to produce guns, said Lt Col Khairul.
A case was filed with Ukhia Police Station under the Arms Act, the official added.
