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Bangladesh Coast Guard members have arrested a youth with arms and ammunition, including a G-3 rifle, from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
Based on the information, the law enforcers arrested the youth, Md Shahid (37), from the Sabrang area in Teknaf in the early hours of Saturday.
Lieutenant Commander HM Lutful Lahil Majid, the commander of Coast Guard’s Teknaf station, addressed a press conference on Saturday morning over the arrest.
The commander said Md Shahid had reportedly been supplying arms to robbers after bringing these from Myanmar illegally for a long time.
The arrestee and seized arms and ammunition were handed over to Teknaf police station for further legal proceedings, the Coast Guard official said.