Law enforcers today claimed to have detained 16 fake members of Detective Branch of police in different parts of Dhaka in two separate drives.

A team of DB (east) conducted a drive at Banasree in Rampura area early today and detained nine robbers when they were preparing to carry out a robbery disguising themselves as DB officials, according to a release floated to the media.

The detectives recovered one foreign pistol, one magazine, two bullets, two machetes, four knives, one walkie-talkie set, three DB jackets, two handcuffs, two canes, a bag and two DB stickers and also seized two cars and a microbus from their possession, the release read.

The detectives also seized pistol, ammunition, and other items including handcuff, knife and jacket and four vehicles in the overnight drives on May 19, 2017. Photo: Muntakim Saad

Earlier around 6:25pm last evening, DB (north) officials, in another drive, detained seven fake detectives from a road beside the under-construction Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Convention Centre at the capital’s Ramna area.

During the drive, the detectives also seized a microbus, two toy pistols, one walkie-talkie set, a pair of handcuffs, 17 unused prepaid mobile SIMs, seven mobile phone sets, an army jacket, a cane, a steel rod, a pair of boots, three pendrives, a card reader, a steel nameplate, and a blank identity card cover with police logo, the release added.