Police have busted an arms factory in Moheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday (Sept 23).
“Acting on a tip-off, police conducted a raid at the upazila’s Pahartali area where an armed terrorist group was present. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, they opened fire at us and we fired back in self defence,” said Cox’ Baxar police Assistant Superintendent Md Iqbal Hossain.
“Mohammad Ishaq, 35, has been held during the raid and rest of his cohorts managed to flee from the spot,” he added.
Later, based on the information from Ishaq, police located the arms factory and seized 11 guns, 10 rounds of ammunition and arms making equipment from the scene.
