6 held as police recover four foreign-made pistols
Police arrested six people, including the younger brother of Wari’s “top-listed criminal” Sajol alias Auto Sajol, and recovered four foreign-made pistols, three magazines and 12 rounds of ammunition from a flat in Swamibagh, Dhaka, on Monday.
The arrests followed a police operation that began with information about an illegal drug consignment allegedly being brought to Dhaka from Chattogram in a private car.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner (Crime) Md Faruk Hossain disclosed the arrests and arms recovery at a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre on Monday.
The arrestees are Md Sajib, 28, brother of Sajol, Md Himu, 32, Md Tushar, 25, Md Joy, 25, Md Tutul, 33, and Md Imran, 34.
According to Md Faruk Hossain, police learned on Sunday that a consignment of illegal drugs was being transported to Dhaka from Chattogram in a private car. Acting on the information, a team from Jatrabari Police Station set up a checkpost in front of Mukti Filling Station near the Matuail U-turn.
At around 4:30pm, police stopped a white private car and searched it. Five people travelling in the vehicle were detained, but police found no drugs during the initial search.
During interrogation, however, the detainees told police that drugs had been kept in a flat at Koratitola in Swamibagh.
Police subsequently raided the flat at around 9:30pm. Acting on information provided by Sajib and Himu, officers recovered four foreign-made pistols, three magazines and 12 rounds of ammunition from a plastic bag hidden under a bed.
Police made another arrest during the raid.
The law enforcement agency also seized the private car and six smartphones.
The latest recovery has also brought Sajib into the police investigation surrounding Sajol, whom police identified as a top-listed criminal and arms and drug dealer in the Wari area.
Police said unidentified criminals shot and injured an inspector of the Department of Narcotics Control on March 2 during a special anti-drug operation before fleeing the scene. A case was subsequently filed with Wari Police Station over the incident.
During the investigation, police arrested three people and recovered a 9mm pistol, a .32-bore revolver, a 7.65mm pistol and 23 rounds of ammunition from them.
According to police, the arrested suspects made confessional statements recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, telling investigators that Sajol had supplied the weapons used in the incident.
Police later arrested Sajol from the Sayedabad area on June 18 based on a tip-off.
Acting on information obtained from him, police raided his rented house in Swamibagh and recovered two Taurus-brand pistols, four magazines, 77 rounds of ammunition, 59 grams of heroin, materials used to make heroin, Tk 22,960 in drug sale proceeds and four mobile phones.
Legal proceedings against the six arrested people are underway, police said.
