The Special Response Battalion-12 (SRB-12) has recovered a cache of weapons, including 103 local and foreign firearms, 1,136 rounds of live ammunition, 15 magazines, 95 local weapons, and eight walkie-talkie sets, during operations across five police station areas in Sirajganj and Pabna districts.
The arms and ammunition were retrieved following intelligence surveillance and information provided by former criminals who recently surrendered.
The details were formally disclosed during a press briefing at 11:30am on Wednesday at the SRB-12 headquarters in Solonga, Ullapara upazila, Sirajganj.
The information was disclosed via an official press statement signed by SRB-12 Media Officer, Superintendent of Police KMA Mamun Khan Chishtee.
According to the press release, 65 criminals hailing from Sirajganj, Pabna, and Rajbari districts surrendered on Sunday under the patronage of SRB-12.
Based on information obtained from the surrendered individuals alongside the battalion’s internal intelligence, law enforcement teams carried out drives across multiple locations in Sirajganj and Pabna districts to seize the weapons.
SRB-12 Commanding Officer Additional DIG Md Atiqur Rahman Miah said operational drives and intelligence surveillance were conducted directly on the basis of disclosures made by the surrendered criminals.
Prior to the recovery operations, a surrender ceremony titled “Return to a New Path: Surrender of Criminals Sarbahara Members-2026” took place on the afternoon of Sunday at the SRB-12 headquarters in Solonga, Ullapara.
During the ceremony, 65 crminals Sarbahara members from Sirajganj, Pabna, and Rajbari districts pledged to renounce violence and return to normal life.
State Minister for Social Welfare Farjana Sharmin attended the function as the chief guest.
The special guests present at the event included Member of Parliament for Sirajganj-5 (Belkuchi-Chouhali) Md Amirul Islam Khan Alim, Director General of SRB Forces Additional IGP Md Ahsan Habib Palash (BPL-Seba), Additional Director General (Operations) Colonel Iftekhar Ahmed, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Rajshahi Range, Bangladesh Police, Md Ashik Sayeed (PPM), and Additional Divisional Commissioner (Development) of Rajshahi Shahana Akhter Jahan.
SRB-12 noted that since its establishment, the battalion has been carrying out regular drives to uphold nationwide law and order and bring offenders to justice.
