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CHATTOGRAM, May 9, 2026 (BSS)- Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram 
Metropolitan Police in separate drives have apprehended two arms dealers in 
the district, seizing 150 rounds of foreign-made live pistol ammunition. 

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Assistant Commissioner Aminur Rashid 
confirmed the arrests on Saturday. The suspects, identified as Md. Faisal 
Ahmed Rony, 40, and Aminul Haque Bappi, 39, were captured in the raids 
conducted in Khulshi and Chawkbazar areas from Friday afternoon to night.
 
The arrests were made based on a tip-off about illegal arms, with Rony being 
apprehended at a fast food shop in Wasa intersection of Khulshi police 
station.

In the presence of locals, 139 rounds of foreign-made live pistol ammunition 
were found from the suspect. 

After interrogation, Md. Faisal Ahmed Rony, the police arrested Aminul Haque 
Bappi from the Dampara area of Chawkbazar Police Station. Eleven more rounds 
of foreign-made live pistol bullets were recovered from Bappi. 

In total, 150 rounds of foreign-made live pistol bullets were seized from the 
two suspects. The suspects admitted to obtaining the bullets from sources in 
the Chattogram Hill Tracts for use in criminal activities in the city. 

Legal action is being taken against the arrested individuals.