Man held with huge cache of illegal arms in Dhaka

Law enforcers today claimed to have arrested a man from Mohakhali Bus stand of Dhaka for carrying illegal firearms.

The detained, Md Ali Babul, 57, was carrying two foreign-made firearms when a team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit held him in front of Ena bus counter, Mesbah Uddin, inspector of CTTC told The Daily Star.

“Later, based on the information from Babul, eight more foreign-made firearms and a huge cache of ammunition were recovered from his residence at Churkhai area under Mymensingh Sadar upazila” the inspector told The Daily Star.

Md Ali Babul is the owner of “Netrokona Arms”, a legal firearms shop at Netrokona, the inspector said.

Lawmen escort Md Ali Babul who was arrested him from Dhaka's Mohakhali Bus Stand on charge of Illegal fire arms possession on Friday, June 15, 2018. Photo: Collected

Babul is a part of the gang that sells foreign firearms to criminals illegally, Mesbah Uddin said.

He belongs to the same gang as musician AKM Sahabuddin Khan and doctor Jahidul Alam Kadir who were arrested from Mymensingh on charge of selling and possessing illegal firearms on May 9 and June 31 respectively, Mesbah Uddin was quoted as saying.

During the primary interrogation, Babul admitted to buying and selling illegal arms despite having legal dealership, according to a press release issued by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Most of the recovered arms were supposed to go to the robber gangs of Sundarbans via another dealer in Khulna, the DMP press release added.