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RAB seizes gunpowder, bomb-making materials in Chapainawabganj
RAB seizes gunpowder, bomb-making materials in Chapainawabganj_11zon
Chapainawabganj, Dec 29: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members seized 2.15 kg of gunpowder and materials used to make crude bombs from an abandoned mango orchard in Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj upazila on Sunday night.
A team from the Chapainawabganj RAB camp conducted a drive based on secret information and recovered 2.15 kg of gunpowder from a polythene bag.
Another polythene bag contained bomb-making materials, including glass powder, broken blades, iron wires, three rolls of red tape and three containers of jorda, according to a press release issued by RAB-5’s Chapainawabganj camp on Monday morning.
No one was arrested in connection with the recovery, the press release said.
The seized gunpowder and bomb-making materials have been handed over to Shibganj Police Station for further legal action. - UNB