Members of the Special Response Battalion-13 (SRB-13) recovered an abandoned foreign-made pistol, a magazine and four rounds of ammunition during a raid in Dinajpur on Saturday night.
Acting on specific intelligence, a team from CPC-2 of the SRB-13 Nilphamari camp conducted the operation at around 10.10pm behind a closed market along the Dinajpur-Dashmile highway in Uttar Gobindapur village under Chehelgazi union of Kotwali Police Station.
The information was disclosed in a press release signed by SRB-13 Senior Assistant Director (Media) Biplab Kumar Goswami at 4pm on Sunday.
According to the release, the team found the illegal firearm, magazine and ammunition abandoned at the site during the operation.
The recovered weapon and ammunition were handed over to the police station concerned for further legal action.
Biplab Kumar Goswami said SRB-13 would continue conducting regular operations to recover illegal firearms and help build a society free from terrorism.
