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Arms factory found near Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, 3 held
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has unearthed an arms factory in a hill adjacent to Ukhia Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar.
Three Rohingyas were detained along with 10 arms and weapons making equipment during the drive.
The arrestees are – Baitullah, 19, his brother Habib Ullah, 32, and Mohammad Hasan, 24. They are residents of Kutupalong camp.
“We had an information that a gang was making weapons by setting up a factory in the hill and the arms were being supplied to the Rohingya terrorists,” said Cox’s Bazar RAB-15 Commander Lieutenant Colonel Khairul Islam.
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“Intelligence surveillance was increased in the area afterwards. We carried out a drive in the early hours today in the hill near Kutupalong Rohingya camp and arrested three Rohingyas,” the RAB official added.
A gunfight took place during the drive as the Rohingya terrorists opened fire sensing the presence of RAB members.
Five pistols, five guns and a large quantity of weapons-making equipment were later recovered from the factory, he added.
Earlier, six people were killed and over a dozen were injured in a gun attack by miscreants in the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on 22 October.
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