Notorious robber arrested

Police also seized one rocket launcher, 11 long guns, 14 handmade guns, one foreign gun, one shooter gun, one airgun, 97 cartridges, 33-round bullets, two trawlers, two motorcycles and huge locally made firearms.

Acting on tip off, police raided the house of Rana'a sister and nabbed the ringleader, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kamruzzaman of Char Jabbar Police Station.

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Rana, accused of more than 50 criminal charges, went into hiding during police raid in December last year and served as a rickshaw-puller in Chittagong. He came to Ganipur a week back to sell a piece of land.

He created a reign of terror in the coastal areas of Noakhali for the last 6 years by killing, looting valuables, selling encroached forestlands, rape, extortion and other criminal activity.