Narinjara
News
A
huge arms and ammunition seized from Burma-Bangladesh border
Cox’s
Bazar, Feb 24: After two men from Arakan Army were arrested by
Bangladesh Army last week, the Bangladesh security forces recovered a
huge arms and ammunitions from Burma- Bangladesh border.
According
to our Cox’s Bazar correspondent, among the arms and
ammunitions recovered are seven 79 rifles, five guns, 12 boxes of
bullets and 1 mortar shell during the drives in different areas of
Bangladesh- Burma border on 23rd
February.
The recovery of M 79 rifle was first ever in the
Bangladesh but the authority has not disclosed to whom those arms
belong.
The Bangladesh security force also seized an M 16
rifle with 6 bullets from the same area before the day of this
seizure.
In the operations last year from August to December
by Bangladesh security forces seized considerable amounts of arms
including anti-tank mines, anti-personnel mines, ingredients for
making explosives, M 16, M 79 and AK- 47 rifles.
These
recovered arms and ammunitions are believed to be possessed by Arakan
rebel groups from Burma, said local people.
Recently arrested
two people are Major U Soe and Captain Maung Maung Than of Arakan
Army lead by Kra Pru Aung, a leader of a faction deviated from
National United Party of Arakan(NUPA), it is learnt. #
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